The Necklace Vocabulary Words Flashcards
(23 cards)
Fineness of texture or quality
Delicacies
Flirtatious, or teasing in lighthearted manner
Coquettish
A woman’s bedroom or sitting room
Boudoirs
Dish of boiled meat and vegetables
Pot-au-feu
Dashing courage, heroic bravery, noble-minded
Gallantries
Without stop or pause
Ceaselessly
Any systems of persons ranked over another
Hierarchy
To look upon or treat with contempt, despise
Disdain
Aluminum or nickel coin in France
Franc
Strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint
Queer
Excruciating or acute distress, suffering, pain
Anguish
A ballroom dance, revolving in perpetual circles
Waltz
A landing place, or solid masonry along edge of water
Quay
Of, relating to, or given to sleepwalking
Noctambulant
Short four-wheeled carriage
Coupes
A great misfortune or disaster
Calamity
A feeling of vexation, marked with disappointment
Chagrin
An attic, usually a small, wretched one
Garret
Deserving or causing hatred
Odious
The lending of money at an exorbitant interest
Usury
A festive celebration
Feted
Simplicity of nature, lack of experience
Naive
The estate a wife brings to the marriage
Dowry