“The Necklace”
By Guy de Maupassant
Vocabulary Study Guide
Due Date
Name
Class Period
EXERCISE A
Use a dictionary to help you answer the following questions IN COMPLETE SENTENCES, using the vocabulary word in
your response. Your vocabulary words are in bold.
1.
How do you express adulation?
2. What could you do that would make a teacher aghast?
3. When might you be disconsolate?
4. What items might a man expect as dowry?
5. How does someone compromise his or her honesty and reliability?
6. What is an exorbitant price for a can of soda?
7. If it rained incessantly, what would you do?
8. What privations would you have if you were a pauper?
9. When you are taking a test, what vexations would make you do poorly?
EXERCISE B
Define the above vocabulary words. You may use a dictionary or the internet to write your definition. Be sure that the
definition you use matches the meaning of the words in the sentences of Exercise A. You may use the back of this sheet
to write your definitions.
EXERCISE C
Pick 5 bold words from Exercise A. Draw a picture / cartoon frame expressing that word. Be sure to label your
picture with the word and use it in a sentence.