Monkey's Paw Vocabulary

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placidly

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in a calm, peaceful and quiet manner

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talisman

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charm thought to bring luck

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presumptuous

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overconfident in a way that can be inappropriate

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keenly

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intensely

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apathetically

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unemotionally

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calm

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free from excitement or anxiety

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superstition

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a belief in supernatural causality, leading to certain consequences of an action or event

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foreboding

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a feeling that something bad will happen

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irony

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the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, often for humorous or emphatic effect

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foreshadowing

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a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story