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Eng 9 Vocab 1
The Necklace and Where Have You Gone Charming Billy Vocab
| Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
| adulation | exaggerated flattery or praise |
| aghast | struck with fear, dread, or consternation |
| askew | turned or twisted to one side |
| exorbitant | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
| gamut | a complete extent or range |
| pauper | a person who is very poor |
| privation | the act of stripping someone of food, money, or rights |
| prospect | the possibility of future success |
| ruiness | extremely harmful; bringing catastrophe |
| vexation | anger produced by some annoying irritation |
| casual | without or seeming to be without plan or method; offhand |
| conical | relating to or resembling a cone |
| consolation | the act of giving relief in affliction |
| diffuse | spread out; not concentrated in one place |
| elegant | refined and tasteful in appearance, behavior, or style |
| execute | put in effect |
| inertia | the tendency of something to stay in rest or motion |
| primitive | characteristic of an earlier ancestral type |
| silhouette | a filled-in drawing of the outline of an object |
| transparent | transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity |