The Monkey's Paw

The Monkey's Paw Glossary

Apathy

Indifference

Defy

Openly resist

Gratification

A source of pleasure

Conceited

Vain and egotistical

Mundane

Unexciting; everyday

Perplexed

Completely baffled

Haste

Hurried movement

Imperial

Royal

Placidly

Calmly; serenely

Rubicund

Ruddy; hale; healthy

Doughty

Heroic

Wont

Apt to do something

Doggedly

Stubbornly

Antimacassar

A cover that protects the back or arms of furniture

Dubiously

Skeptically

Credulity

Openness to believing something, even if there is not much evidence for it

Betokened

Showed; presaged

Avaricious

Greedy

Bibulous

Fond of liquor

Stammered

Spoke in a halting way as if trying to get the words out