Monkey's Paw Vocabulary II

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Word for 'to expose to danger'

Back

peril

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Placidly

Back

calm or peaceful, unruffled

Front

Word meaning 'causing death'

Back

fatal

Front

Grimly

Back

Harsh, sinister character

Front

Word for treating guests warmly

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hospitable

Front

Religious mendicant considered a wonder worker

Back

Fakirs

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Talisman

Back

Amulet or charm

Front

To speak harmful untruths about someone

Back

maligned

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Credulity

Back

Willingness to trust or believe too quickly

Front

Meaning of unjustified belief in supernatural causation

Back

superstition