The Gift of the Magi Vocab

be the strongest or main element; be greater in number or amount

• predominate

• instigate

• flat

• vestibule

hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building

• predominate

• instigate

• flat

• vestibule

bring about or initiate

• predominate

• instigate

• flat

• vestibule

not important or significant

• inconsequential

• coax

• cascade

• agile

able to move quickly and easily

• inconsequential

• coax

• cascade

• agile

a small waterfall, typically one of the several that fall in stages down a steep rocky slope

• inconsequential

• coax

• cascade

• agile

gently and persistently persuade someone to do something

• inconsequential

• coax

• cascade

• agile

extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources

• parsimony

• ornamentation

• beggar

• laboriously

requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance

• prosperity

• predominate

• laboriously

• meretricious

wealth or success

• ornamentation

• beggar

• predominate

• prosperity