The Necklace Vocabulary

"Madame Liosel came to know the ghastly life of abject poverty."

In this sentence, poverty means _______.

• to stir or awaken

• filled with joy

• poorness

• deep regret

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4D

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the correct meaning for the word exultant (adj)?

• filled with joy

• not readily understood

• to want something

• no pride or spirit

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

Weavers, sculptors, and carpenters are all _____________.

• castes

• abject

• inscrutable

• artisans

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

Complete the analogy:

Wealth is to _______________ as rich is to poor.

• covet

• poverty

• petulant

• remorse

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.6

The word caste means:

• characterized by ill humor

• overcome with fear or dread

• to stir or awaken

• a division of society based on class or wealth

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The author used ________ when Madame Liosel found out the diamond necklace she and her husband had sacrificed the last ten years for was only worth $500 francs.

• genre

• irony

• theme

• remorse

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

"Suddenly she discovered, in a black satin case, a superb diamond necklace; her heart began to beat covetously."

The word covet means:

• a division of society based on wealth or class

• poorly

• to want something

• a deep regret

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means to stir or awaken?

• roused

• remorse

• appalled

• implied

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the correct definition of the word appalled?

• clues used to show something

• no pride or spirit

• not readily understood

• overcome with fear or dread

Tags

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.4D

Which word is a synonym for the following words:

mysterious, unfathomable, unexplainable, ____________

• irony

• inscrutable

• implied

• exultant

Tags

CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.RL.7.4