The Gift of the Magi Study Companion PDF
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This document is a study companion for O. Henry's short story "The Gift of the Magi." The companion includes vocabulary, literary terms, and an analysis of the story.
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"The Gift of the Magi" by O.Henry Study Companion 1. **[Bulldozing:]** in this story perhaps a little bullying 2. **[The silent imputation of parsimony]**: feeling embarrassed for being stingy, even though no one came right out and said so 3. **[Instigates]**: cause to happen 4....
"The Gift of the Magi" by O.Henry Study Companion 1. **[Bulldozing:]** in this story perhaps a little bullying 2. **[The silent imputation of parsimony]**: feeling embarrassed for being stingy, even though no one came right out and said so 3. **[Instigates]**: cause to happen 4. **[Predominating:]** being the most 5. **[Subsiding]**: becoming less 6. **[Beggar description]**: something is impossible or very difficult to describe 7. **[Mendicancy squad]**: a police squad that tries to limit begging 8. **[Vestibule]**: lobby next to the outer door of a building 9. **Coax:** get someone to do something 10. **[Pier-glass]**: mirror 11. **[Agile]**: able to move quickly 12. **[Rapid sequence of longitudinal strips]**: only seeing parts at a time 13. **[Envy]**: jealous 14. **[Cascade]**: flow downward 15. **[Faltered]**: lose strength 16. **[Tripped by on rosy wings]**: how excited and happy 17. **[Ransacking:]** searching to find 18. **[Fob chain]**: a chain attached to a pocketwatch 19. **[Meretricious ornamentation]**: something that is nice looking but only on the surface 20. **[Intoxication]**: drunk ( in this case, Della was not drunk) 21. **[Prudence and reason]**: self-discipline 22. **[Ravages made by generosity added to love]**: fixing can be difficult 23. **[Truant schoolboy]**: a boy who skips school 24. **[As a setter at the scent of quail]**: a hunting dog completely focused 25. **[Wriggled]**: twist and turn 26. **[Laboriously]**: a lot of time and effort 27. **[Trance:]** dream-like state 28. **[Discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object]**: to carefully look at something not important 29. **[Magi:]** The Three Wisemen 30. **[Ecstatic scream of joy]**: very happy 31. **[Necessitating the immediate employment of all the comforting powers of the lord of the flat:]** Jim hugged and consoled her 32. **[Lamely related to you]**: not very well 33. **[Chronicle]**: order in which they happened