Well it can mean three things.
1) give the impression or sensation of being something or having a particular quality.
2) used to make a statement or description of one's thoughts, feelings, or actions less assertive or forceful.
3) be unable to do something, despite having tried.
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It is just one example of petty thievery and racism.
The adjectives that accurately describe young Madame Loisel in the short story, 'The Necklace are LUXURY LOVING AND PRETTY.
In the story, Madame Loisel was a beautiful woman, she was born into a poor family and she got married to a clerk. She was not satisfy with her state in life and always consider her been born into a poor family as an accident of fate. Due to her love for luxurious things, she borrowed a diamond piece from her friend to wear to a party. She lost the diamond and has to use huge amount of money to replace it, not knowing that, the diamond she lost was a fake one. This plunged her into deeper poverty and she only realized her mistake ten years later.
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