Gift of the Magi Vocabulary

The student _______ a food fight to avoid eating his broccoli.

• illuminated

• instigated

• prudenced

• disctreetly

I had to ______ my dog into his kennel with a treat.

• scrutiny

• coax

• instigate

• sterling

I won the prize for the most _________ sweater with my light up shirt at the Christmas party last night.

• meretricious

• sterling

• illuminate

• predominating

When the woman was trying to impress her friends, she decided to bring out her _______ silver tea set.

• discreet

• adornments

• sterling

• meretricious

The __________ colors at Christmas are red and green.

• scrutiny

• meretricious

• illuminating

• predominating

We must use ________ to preserve the great country that we built.

• prudence

• adornments

• scrutiny

• discreet

In the written response, you should __________ passages from the story that highlight the lead character’s personal flaws.

• predominate

• illuminate

• lamely

• coax

We must be ________ as we plan the surprise party so our mom does not find out.

• scrutiny

• lame

• sterling

• discreet

Because my mother is a clean freak, she inspects my room with ________.

• prudence

• scrutiny

• instigates

• coax

They ________ fans’ emotional outbursts filled the stadium when Taylor Swift came out on stage.

• hysterical

• meretricious

• sterling

• adornments