Monkey's Paw Vocabulary
Choose the correct word for this definition:
To ______ something is to communicate it or make it known. You might _______ a message from your mom to your sister. A painting’s dark colors might ________ a feeling of sadness.
liability, fate, convey, tedious
Convey
To _______ is to try very hard or make great efforts toward a goal. Someone who ______ to be a ballet dancer practices every day and is serious about improving.
strive, expertise, inherently, productive
Strive
To admit or state that one has committed a crime or is at fault in some way.
Confess, react, mangle, judge
confess
A willingness to take bold risks.
audacity, vex, tranquility, random
audacity
A long, soft feather or arrangement of feathers used by a bird for display or worn by a person for ornament.
mien, stealthy, plume, strive
plume
Some people believe in ____: a supernatural power that controls what happens in the future. Those who believe in ____ believe that the future is going to turn out a certain way no matter what—that nothing can be done to change or prevent what is going to happen.
tedious, fate, ill-gotten gain, liability
Fate
If someone or something is ___________, it has the ability to do a lot of work and get good results. If your group was ________ during the time your teacher gave you to work on your science project, your group got a lot of the project done. A _________ apple orchard produces a plentiful amount of apples.
strive, inherently, productive, irresponsible
Productive
To make small movements, especially of the hands and feet, through nervousness or impatience.
confess, fidget, release, rank
fidget
Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion.
evasive, cunning, tranquil, strive
cunning
To drink or gulp down a beverage quickly.
prerogative, maintenance, stealthy, quaff
quaff
long, boring, and tiresome
liability, ill-gotten gain, convey, tedious
Tedious
“built-in, permanent, or a key part of something’s nature.” Being a manager at a bank might be dangerous if a robber were to come in, but it’s not an _________ dangerous job. Being a firefighter, on the other hand, is an ________ dangerous job; firefighters put themselves in harm’s way all the time.
challenge, brigade, tedious, inherently
Inherently
To cause great horror or fear.
revolt, mock, ghastly, remains
ghastly
mandate, random, strive, derision
derision
To ask someone earnestly or anxiously to do something.
entreat, vex, mockery, mien
entreat
An ________ is anything that was gotten in a dishonest, improper, or illegal way. If someone robs a bank, the money that they take is _________.
fate, tedious, ill-gotten gain, liability
Ill-gotten gain
__________ is the skill or knowledge that an expert has. If you are having trouble perfecting your chocolate-chip recipe, you might want to get help from someone with baking ________.
strive, expertise, tedious, productive
Expertise
Making fun of someone or something in a cruel way.
save, realistic, mocking, fidget
mocking
To make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters.
vex, strive, mock, random
vex
To provide relief or consolation.
random, surcease, stealthy, vex
surcease
If you accidentally hit a baseball through the window of a grocery store, you might be ______ for the damage—that is, it might be your duty to pay for the damage you caused.
irresponsible, tedious, liable, fate
Liable
“feeling like something bad or evil will happen; threatening.”
readily, productive, ominous, tedious
Ominous
Causing intense disgust.
mocking, revolting, fidgets, confess
revolting
Act of behaving, done, or made in a cautious and surreptitious manner, so as not to be seen or heard.
mockery, repetitious, stealthy, strive
stealthy
A person's look or manner, especially one of a particular kind indicating their character or mood.
random, commit, mien, rank
mien