The Gift of the Magi Vocabulary

Match the following words with the correct sentence.

• All we could smell was smoke from fire.

• depreciate

• That new car went down in value rapidly!

• predominating

• All day they cut all that wood by hand!

• laboriously

• He is very careful with spending money.

• ransack

• The thieves tore that place apart.

• prudence

He begins to​ (a)   the apartment, searching through drawers and cabinets.

• ransack
• prudence
• laboriously
• depreciate

We buy what we like and it's a bonus that paintings don't usually ​ (a)   in value.

• depreciate
• prudence
• ransack
• predominating

Organize these words with the right synonyms.

Groups:

(a) ransack

,

(b) prudence

,

(c) laboriously

• calculation

• tirelessly

• carefullnes

• caution

• painstaking

• ravage

• vandalize

• strenuous

• loot

Superman is the​ (a)   theme of Mr. Szyrwiel's classroom.

• predominating
• laboriously
• prudence
• ransack
• depreciate