The Necklace

2. a piece of thick textile fabric with pictures or designs formed by weaving coloured weft threads or by embroidering on canvas, used as a wall hanging or soft furnishing.
3. showing the loss of all hope.
4. very pleasant or attractive.
8. an amount of property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage.
9. a strong belief that something will happen or be the case.
11. successfully overcome (a problem or weakness).
14. a large branched candlestick or holder for several candles or lamps.
18. a deep covered dish from which soup is served.
19. a system in which members of an organization or society are ranked according to relative status or authority.
20. speak with sudden involuntary pauses and a tendency to repeat the initial letters of words.
21. feeling or expressing jubilation after a victory or achievement.
22. suffering from extreme anxiety, sorrow, or pain.
24. delicately small and pretty.
25. continuously and without end.
27. the quality of being clever, original, and inventive.

1. confusing or perplexing.
5. an innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in animals in response to certain stimuli.
6. bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.
7. inflict severe pain on.
10. aware of and responding to one's surroundings.
12. fineness or intricacy of texture or structure.
13. a small room leading to a main one.
14. the system of dividing society into castes.
15. a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense.
16. a poor smallholder or agricultural labourer of low social status
17. the power or quality of delighting, attracting, or fascinating others.
23. graceful and stylish in appearance or manner.
26. in poor condition through long use or lack of care.