The Monkey's Paw vocabulary set # 1

good qualities; morally excellent qualities

My grandfather's _____ include honesty and reliability

• aghast

• virtues

• torrent

• apparel

clothing

The new clothing store will sell both men's and woman's _______

• talisman

• apparel

• haste

• dubiously

evil; dishonest; threatening harm

The stranger's _______ smile made me nervous

• pursaded

• unnecessary

• consequences

• sinister

continued steadily; refuse to give up

The dog ______ in barking even when scolded

• absentmindedly

• dubiously

• persisted

• apparel

results of an action

The student will have to face the _______ of his carelessness

• torrent

• talisman

• haste

• consequences

not needed; not required

The extra-credit reading is _______ but helpful

• impressive

• unnecessary

• preoccupied

• sinister

completely absorbed in something else

I was so _____ with work I did not hear the phone ring

• aghast

• preoccupied

• haste

• pursued

striking; tending to make favorable impression

The movie was so ________ that I remembered it two years later

• haste

• persisted

• impressive

• sinister

followed; strived for

The artist ______ her goal by painting every day

• pursued

• preoccupied

• virtues

• apparel

unaware of surroundings or actions

I often tap my foot _______ while I work

• unnecessary

• coincidence

• dubiously

• absentmindedly