Joy Luck Club Vocab

Admonish

To warn or scold harshly

Adversary

Opponent

Apathetic

Don’t care, no interest

Benevolent

Kind-hearted and merciful

Careen

To move swiftly in an uncontrolled way

Chastise

To rebuke and reprimand severely

Deft

Neat and skillful in their movements

Deplete

To use up

Diligent

Showing care, hard-work and conscious effort 

Docile

Submissive, obedient

Explicit

Clear & direct

Facade

Image, appearance

Haughty

arrogant

Innuendo

An underhanded remark, often negative/ innuendo

Jaunty

Confident and cheerful

Malignant

Very, very bad

Penance

Voluntary self-punishment

Posterity

All future generations of people

Procure

To get something, often with a lot of effort

Pungent

A very strong smell