"The Necklace" Flashcards

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Fate

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The development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power.

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Clerk

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A person employed in an office or bank to keep records, accounts, and undertake other routine administrative duties.

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Dowry

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

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Ministry

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A government department headed by a minister of state.

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Caste

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The system of dividing society into hereditary classes.

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Delicacies

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Fineness or intricacy of texture or structure.

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Instinctive

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Unconscious or automatic.

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Poverty

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The state of being extremely poor.

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Despairing

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Showing or feeling no hope.

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Antechamber

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A small room leading to a main one.