Vocabulary Synonym Quiz

It was a great honor for her to give something so meaningful to the person she loved.

• burden

• privilege

• request

• celebration

Della sat in desperation, staring at the few coins in her hand.

• relief

• hopelessness

• confusion

• boredom

With great determination, she stepped into the shop to sell her hair.

• hesitation

• laziness

• persistence

• fear

Her face turned pale when she saw Jim’s reaction.

• glowing

• flushed

• light-colored

• colorful

The chain looked simple but was clearly valuable.

• breakable

• costly

• precious

• common

The gift was plain, but its beauty came from its simplicity.

• elegant

• decorated

• modest

• flashy

Jim looked at her with a strange expression she couldn’t read.

• angry

• unusual

• happy

• tired

He labored to understand what had happened.

• tried

• forgot

• resisted

• shouted

The narrator said they were the most wise gift-givers of all.

• wealthy

• loving

• intelligent

• serious

The ending is filled with irony—they cannot use the gifts they received.

• contradiction

• mistake

• humor

• coincidence