The Necklace Vocab

Question 1

Destiny

Answer 1

The hidden power believed to control what will happen in the future; fate

Question 2

Dowry

Answer 2

Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage

Question 3

Caste

Answer 3

any class or group of people who inherit exclusive privileges or perceived as socially distinct

Question 4

Finesse

Answer 4

Intricate and refined

Question 5

Instinctive

Answer 5

Doing or being a specified thing, apparently or automatically

Question 6

Suppleness

Answer 6

the quality of being able to bend easily or be bent easily

Question 7

incessantly

Answer 7

without interruption; constantly

Question 8

delicacies

Answer 8

fineness or intricacy of texture of structure

Question 9

antechambers

Answer 9

a small room leading to a main one

Question 10

apparatus

Answer 10

a complex structure within an organization or system

Question 11

bric-a-brac

Answer 11

different objects and ornaments of little value

Question 12

inestimable

Answer 12

too great to calculate

Question 13

coquettish

Answer 13

behaving in such a way as to suggest a playful flirt; flirtatious

Question 14

tureen

Answer 14

a deep covered dish from which soup is served

Question 15

chagrin

Answer 15

distressed or humiliated

Question 16

elated

Answer 16

ecstatically happy

Question 17

stupefied

Answer 17

astonished and shocked

Question 18

vexation

Answer 18

annoyance, frustration, or worry

Question 19

colleague

Answer 19

a person with whom one works in a profession or business