Monkey's Paw Vocabulary

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credulity

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a tendency to be too ready to believe

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doughty

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brave

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let

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rented

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talisman

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charm thought to bring luck

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compensation

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monetary payment after an injury or loss

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superstition

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a belief in supernatural causality, leading to certain consequences

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fate

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the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power

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consequence

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a result or effect of an action or condition

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irony

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the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite

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foreshadowing

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a literary device used to give an indication or hint of what is to come later in the story