Vocabulary - The Gift of the Magi

Very worn, not really taken care of

• ponder

• elegant

• vanished

• shabby

To think deeply about something

• Vanished

• Daze

• Ponder

• Shabby

The noble women and queen of England wear ​ (a)   for special occasions.

• jewels
• eyes
• shabby clothes

Jim lost his gold ​ (a)   ​

that was his

grandfather’s.​

• watch and chain
• clock and string
• and silver shoes

The apartment was ​ (a)   with

beautiful sofas, chairs, and a 

table.

• furnished
• empty
• dirty
• clean

I like to sit on my bed and ____

when I have to make an 

important decision.

• dance
• sleep
• ponder

• eat

 I  ______ for some chocolate 

but can’t because I am on a diet.

• hate
• abhor
• despise
• yearn

Time with my family is _________ because my parents work a lot.

• valuable

• worthless
• unimportant
• irrelevant

​ Her grandmother is ​ (a)  

because she has a lot of life 

experience and she is smart.

• wise
• unintelligent
• foolish

She wants ​ (a)   for her

long hair.

• combs
• shoes
• books