WorksheetsThe Gift of the Magi Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 9mins
Instigate
The condition of having good fortune
Mentally quick
A desire to have something that is possessed by another
To provoke or stir up
Prosperity
Not arrogant
The condition of having good fortune
A destructive action
To frighten greatly
Depreciate
A desire to have something that is possessed by another
Mentally agile
To search thoroughly
To lower the value of something
Falter
Tastelessly showy
Tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
To move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
A prolonged intense look
Ransack
Not arrogant
Absent without permission
To frighten greatly
To search thoroughly
Meretricious
A destructive action
Tastelessly showy
To take charge of or deal with
A desire to have something possessed by another
Ravage
A destructive action
To search thoroughly
Absent without permission
A tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
Terrify
A tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
A destructive action
To frighten greatly
To move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Sentiment
A tender, romantic, or nostalgic feeling or emotion
Mentally quick
Not arrogant
Extreme stinginess
Scrutiny
To make free from confusion or ambiguity (open to more than one interpretation)
Moving quick and lightly
To make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
A prolonged intense look
Nimble
Moving quickly and lightly
To cease to exist
To move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
To predict in advance
Ecstatic
desire strongly or persistently
Characterized by strong enthusiasm
Feeling great rapture or delight
To endure the loss of
Vanish
Marked by the exercise of good judgment or common sense
To cease to exist
To make free from confusion or ambiguity
A special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all
Yearn
Desire strongly or persistently
To take charge of or deal with
To endure the loss of
Mentally quick
Adorn
Characterized by strong enthusiasm
Feeling great rapture or delight
Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
To make more attractive, as by adding ornament or color
Ardent
A prolonged intense look
Characterized by strong enthusiasm
A destructive action
To move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
Dramatic Irony
The audience knows more than the character
A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
When the outcome of a situation is totally different from what people expect.
The message, moral, or meaning the author is teaching us through the story
Verbal Irony
The meaning, message, or moral the author is teaching the reader.
The audience knows more than the character.
When the outcome of a situation is totally different from what people expect.
A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
Situational Irony
When the outcome of a situation is totally different from what people expect.
A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
The message, meaning, or moral the author is teaching the reader.
The audience knows more than the character does.
Theme
A person says or writes one thing and means another, or uses words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.
The audience knows more than the character does.
The message, meaning, or moral the author is teaching the reader.
When the outcome of a situation is totally different from what people expect.
