Monkey's Paw Vocabulary 2

wicked, evil, or dishonorable

• dubiously

• stealthy

• sinister

• resignation

having or affected by an abnormally high body temperature

• credulity

• wistfully

• hark

• feverish

in a doubtful manner

• compensation

• dubiously

• trifle

• hospitable

in a quiet and tranquil manner

• dubiously

• wistfully

• proffer

• placidly

listen; used mostly in the imperative

• hark

• trifle

• apathy

• feverish

immoderately desirous of acquiring something

• sinister

• avaricious

• feverish

• credulity

tendency to believe readily

• compensation

• apathy

• hospitable

• credulity

contort the face to indicate a certain mental state

• grimmace

• presumptuous

• prosaic

• proffer

going beyond what is appropriate, permitted, or courteous

• prosaic

• presumptuous

• proffer

• trifle

the act of giving up, as a claim or office or possession

• prosaic

• wistfully

• stealthy

• resignation