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Monkey's Paw Vocab
Word | Definition | STEMS |
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grave | very serious and worrying | grav=weight |
furtively | secretively, sneakily, stealthily | ly=features of |
maligned | spoken ill of | mal=bad |
apathy | lack of interest or emotion | a=without pathos=feelings |
credulity | tendency to believe to easily | cred=believe |
oppressive | causing great discomfort or distressing | press |
peril/perilous | dangers; dangerous | ous=features of |
fusillade | a massive outpouring | fus=to pout |
rubicund | red colored | rubi=red |