“THE NECKLACE”

VOCABULARY

RUEFUL

(adj) expressing sorrow or regret, esp. when in a slightly humorous way.

ALIENATE

(v) cause (someone) to feel isolated or estranged.

DISHEVELED

(adj) (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.

COERCE

(v) persuade (an unwilling person) to do something by using force or threats.

AGHAST

(adj) filled with horror or shock.

ADULATION

(n) excessive admiration or praise.

PAUPER

(n) a very poor person.

DEMISE

(n) a person's death.

CHIC

(n) smart elegance and sophistication especially of dress or manner

DOWRY

(n) money or property that a wife or wife's family gives to her husband when the wife and husband marry in some cultures

USURER

(n) a person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

VEXATION

(n) the state of being annoyed, frustrated, or worried.

BLUNDER

(n/v) a stupid or careless mistake/ to make a stupid or careless mistake

ADORN

(v) make more beautiful or attractive.

CASTE

(n) a division of society based upon differences of wealth, rank, or occupation

LOFTY

(adj) rising to a great height : very tall and impressive

INDIGNANT

(adj) feeling or showing anger because of something that is unfair or wrong : very angry

DESOLATE

(adj) very sad and lonely especially because someone you love has died or left

VESTIBULE

(n) an entrance hall inside a building

DISCONSOLATE

(adj) without consolation or comfort; unhappy.