Gift of the Magi

Patrick P.
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  1. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
    It was a platinum fob chain simple and chaste in design, properly proclaiming its value by substance alone and not by meretricious ornamentation--as all good things should do.
  2. inconsequential
    lacking worth or importance
    For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction.
  3. depreciate
    decline in value
    Had the queen of Sheba lived in the flat across the airshaft, Della would have let her hair hang out the window some day to dry just to depreciate Her Majesty's jewels and gifts.
  4. parsimony
    extreme stinginess
    Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher until one's cheeks burned with the silent imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied.
  5. predominate
    be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance
    Which instigates the moral reflection that life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating.
  6. discreet
    marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint
    For ten seconds let us regard with discreet scrutiny some inconsequential object in the other direction.
  7. prosperity
    the condition of having good fortune
    The "Dillingham" had been flung to the breeze during a former period of prosperity when its possessor was being paid $30 per week.
  8. magus
    a member of the Zoroastrian priesthood of the ancient Persians
  9. Magi
    (New Testament) the sages who visited Jesus and Mary and Joseph shortly after Jesus was born; the Gospel According to Matthew says they were guided by a star and brought gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh; because there were three gifts it is usually assumed that there were three of them
  10. fob
    short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest
Created on Mon Dec 16 15:20:55 EST 2013 (updated Mon Dec 16 15:37:01 EST 2013)

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