"The Monkey's Paw" vocab

Front

Customary behavior in a situation

Back

wont

Front

with hesitation or doubt

Back

dubiously

Front

Tendency to believe something is true

Back

Credulity

Front

Relating to apes or monkeys

Back

Simian

Front

commonplace; unromantic

Back

prosaic

Front

Water ran in a __________ down the mountainside.

Back

torrent

Front

Jose's good luck charm

Back

talisman

Front

Facial expression when tasting new recipe

Back

grimace

Front

Police pursued suspect

Back

doggedly

Front

New father __________ by wife's bedside during childbirth.

Back

bawled