The Gift of Magi comprehension

Instigates

• huge, very large

• acted hesitantly; showed uncertainty

• urges on; stirs up

• most common or dominating

Someone who avoids doing his or her duty; someone who is skipping school without permission.

Predominant

• Most common or dominating

• sensible and careful attitude that makes you avoid some risks

• the quality of being careful with money or resources

• someone who avoids doing his or her duty; someone who is skipping school without permission

Successful and wealthy

faltered

• small steep waterfall; anything suggesting such as a waterfall

• huge, very large

• careful about what one says or does

• acted hesitantly; showed uncertainty

huge, very large

disappear

Careful about what one says or does

• vanish

• depreciate

• discreet

• prudence

Inconsequential

• extremely happy

• changing slowly step by step

• unimportant thing

Parsimony

• someone who avoids doing his or her duty; someone who is skipping school without permission

• urges on; stirs up

• The quality of being careful with money or resources

• prudence