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Monkey's Paw Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word correctly fits in the blank?


The old woman’s ________________________ allowed the stranger to trick her.

a)

compensation

b)

credulity

c)

grimace

d)

peril

2.

Match the word to the image

a)

compensation

b)

resignation

c)

grimace

d)

peril

3.

Which is the correct synonym for COMPENSATION?

a)

reparation

b)

hazard

c)

destiny

d)

debt

4.

Which word correctly fits in the blank?


After I hit a baseball through my neighbor’s window, he wanted ____________________________.

a)

fate

b)

credulity

c)

grimace

d)

compensation

5.

Match the word to the image.

a)

peril

b)

credulity

c)

resignation

d)

grimace

6.

Which word correctly fits in the blank?


The sailors faced great ________________ as the turbulent waves threatened to overturn the boat.

a)

peril

b)

grimace

c)

resignation

d)

fate

7.

Which are the correct synonyms for PERIL? (choose 2)

a)

danger

b)

safety

c)

painstaking

d)

hazard

e)

consoling

8.

Which word correctly fits in the blank?


Tom sighed with __________________________ and admitted that his wife was right; he was lost.

a)

grimace

b)

compensation

c)

resignation

d)

credulity

9.

Match the word with the image.

a)

resignation

b)

credulity

c)

peril

d)

compensation

10.

Which word correctly fits in the blank?


As Jack tasted the bitter cough syrup, he made a _____________________.

a)

resignation

b)

grimace

c)

fate

d)

peril

11.

Which is the correct synonym for FATE?

a)

conundrum

b)

choice

c)

destiny

d)

liberty

12.

Which word correctly fits in the blank?


Because they had been in every class together since kindergarten, she believed it was ________________ that they become best friends.

a)

fate

b)

resignation

c)

credulity

d)

compensation

13.

What are the correct synonyms for CREDULITY? (choose 2)

a)

wisdom

b)

gullibility

c)

malevolence

d)

shrewdness

e)

naiveté

14.

Match the word to the image.

a)

fate

b)

peril

c)

compensation

d)

resignation

15.

What is the correct synonym for GRIMACE?

a)

scowl

b)

chortle

c)

grin

d)

sulk

16.

a striking occurrence of two or more events at one time

apparently by mere chance: Our meeting in Venice was pure coincidence.

a)
Serendipity
b)
Coincidence
c)

Luck

d)

Talisman

17.

(of a person) carefree and not serious; silly; foolish

a)
Intelligent
b)
Serious
c)
Frivolous
d)
Angry
18.

 Look carefully and thoroughly at (someone or something), especially so as to appraise them.

a)
Stare
b)

Attribute

c)

Surveyed

d)
Glance
19.

greedy; covetous

a)

maligned

b)

avaricious

c)

prosaic

d)

attribute

20.

What is something that can come down in a fusillade?

a)

wind

b)

greed

c)

rain

d)

chairs