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The Gift of the Magi Vocab Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

a suggestion that someone is guilty of something

a)

thereunto

b)

imputation

c)

laboriously

d)

parsimony

2.

extreme unwillingness to spend money; cheapness 

a)

vestibule

b)

instigates

c)

description

d)

parsimony

3.

to provoke or bring about

a)

instigates

b)

predominating

c)

thereunto

d)

depreciate

4.

to be the strongest or main element

a)

meretricious

b)

thereunto

c)

instigates

d)

predominating

5.

an apartment that has furniture in it

a)

flat

b)

vestibule

c)

parsimony

d)

setter

6.

something that is so strange or extraordinary that it cannot be described

a)

instigates

b)

sterling

c)

beggar description

d)

imputation

7.

a group of police who arrested beggars and homeless people.

a)

mendicancy squad

b)

parsimony

c)

patent

d)

beggar description

8.

a room just inside the main doors of a building; often called a “lobby”

a)

flat

b)

vestibule

c)

thereunto

d)

predominating

9.

an archaic way of saying “to that” or “unto that.”

a)

mendicancy squad

b)

imputation

c)

patent

d)

thereunto

10.

being of the highest standard or quality

a)

parsimony

b)

beggar description

c)

sterling

d)

depreciate

11.

to lower the value of something, or to cause something to seem less valuable

a)

sterling

b)

depreciate

c)

meretricious

d)

setter

12.

appearing attractive but having no real value

a)

meretricious

b)

patent

c)

flat

d)

predominating

13.

a large dog used for hunting birds

a)

sterling

b)

mendicancy squad

c)

vestibule

d)

setter

14.

slowly and requiring much effort

a)

laboriously

b)

meretricious

c)

depreciate

d)

instigates

15.

obvious

a)

laboriously

b)

thereunto

c)

patent

d)

depreciate