The Necklace - Close Read Vocabulary

"She danced with ​ (a)   , with passion, intoxicated by pleasure, forgetting all in the triumph of her beauty, in the glory of her success, in a sort of cloud of happiness comprised of all this homage, admiration, these awakened desires and of that sense of triumph which is so sweet to woman's heart."

Definition: great happiness; overwhelming emotion

​

• rapture
• chagrin
• crossly
• dictation
• hierarchy
• impertinence

"Then they went from jeweler to jeweler, searching for a necklace like the other, trying to recall it, both sick with ​ (a)   and grief. "

Definition: a feeling of disappointment or humiliation

​

• chagrin
• crossly
• dictation
• hierarchy
• impertinence
• rapture

"Natural ingenuity, instinct for what is elegant, a supple mind are their sole ​ (a)   , and often make of women of the people the equals of the very greatest ladies. "

Definition: a system of ranking according to status, power, or importance

​

• chagrin
• crossly
• dication
• impertinence
• rapture
• hierarchy

"And dressed like a woman of the people, she went to the fruiterer, the grocer, the butcher, a basket on her arm, bargaining, meeting with ​ (a)   , defending her miserable money, sou by sou."

Definition: rudeness; showing a lack of respect

​

• impertinence
• chagrin
• crossly
• dictation
• hierarchy
• rapture

" 'You must write to your friend," said he, "that you have broken the clasp of her necklace and that you are having it mended. That will give us time to turn round." She wrote at his ​ (a)   ."

Definition: writing down spoken text; the act of speaking words that will be written or typed

​

• dictation
• chagrin
• crossly
• hierarchy
• impertinence
• rapture

"Instead of being delighted, as her husband had hoped, she threw the invitation on the table ​ (a)   , muttering: "What do you wish me to do with that?" "

Definition: to do something in a grumpy or agitated mood

​

• crossly
• chagrin
• dictation
• hierarchy
• impertinence
• rapture