Visual Vocabulary for: Visual Vocabulary for: “The Necklace” “The Necklace”

By: Guy de Maupassant

1. Prospects (Noun)

Chances or possibilities, especially for success of profit

2. Vexation (Noun)

Anger or annoyance

3. Pauper (Noun)

A poor person, especially one who depends on public charity

4. Adulation (Noun)

Excessive praise or flattery

5. Aghast (Adj.)

Filled with shock or horror

6. Ruinous (Adj.)

Bringing ruin or downfall; disastrous

7. Gamut (Noun)

The entire range or series of something

8. Privation (Noun)

Lack of basic necessities or comforts of life

9. Exorbitant (Adj.)

Much too high; excessive

10. Askew (Adj.)

Crooked; to one side