The Monkey's Paw

danger or serious risk

• grave

• grimace

• peril

• torrent

to stir up or bring about

• disclaim

• prosaic

• expire

• provoke

an area of wet or flooded ground that someone could easily sink in to

• bog

• torrent

• assent

• grave

a huge or violent downpour of rain

• oppressive

• torrent

• dubious

• fakir

a monk or the Muslim or Hindu religion, often thought to have supernatural powers

• fakir

• mummy

• provoke

• talisman

the body or body part of a human or animal that has been dried and preserved after death

• peril

• apathy

• bog

• mummy

a facial expression that shows disapproval, disgust, or pain

• assent

• prosaic

• grimace

• oppressive

destiny; the universal force that determines what happens in a person's life

• fate

• fakir

• avaricious

• compensation

serious or solemn

• bog

• peril

• grave

• credulity

an object thought to have supernatural powers

• torrent

• talisman

• fakir

• mummy