Gift of the Magi

Vocabulary from the short story "Gift of the Magi".

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Across

3. strongly desired

4. not bold or boastful

5. caution, good judgement

7. mixed metaphor

11. to cause something to happen

12. to go past the limits of something

14. belonging or relating to

15. destructive actions or their results

16. stinginess

17. modest

Down

1. authorities who deal with mendicants or beggars

2. an accusation

6. to lessen the price or value of something

8. a small chain attached to a pocket watch and worn hanging from a pocket

9. cheap, showy

10. tall, narrow mirror designed to be hung between two windows

13. obvious

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