Monkey's Paw Vocabulary

• Placid:

  • Not easily upset, opposite of irritable
• Amiable:

  • A friendly and pleasant manner
• Torrent:

  • An outpour of a liquid, or feelings
• Visage:

  • A person’s facial expression
• Proffer:

  • To put forth, submit, suggest or offer
• Doggedly:

  • A strong determination, in a determined way
• Enthralled:

  • To be captivated by something
• Prosaic:

  • Lacking essence and charm
• Frivolous:

  • Useless; having no purpose/ value
• Furtive:

  • Secretive, sly
• Broach:

  • To encourage and raise discussion
• Credulity:

  • A person's willingness or ability to believe that a statement is true, to be naive/ lack of judgement
• • Easier to talk to people with a placid demeanor
• • The robber was praying on the officers' credulity to get out of a case
• • His poem was prosaic
• • She was enthralled by the art pieces at the museum
• • She was working doggedly, but still got a lousy grade
• • The boy always has an amiable charm