Joy Luck Club vocab chapter 1-8

Test 12/5 Friday

insolent

showing a rude or arrogant lack of respect

felicitous

well-chosen; suitable

auspicious

favorable; promising success

acrid

having a strong and unpleasant taste or smell (more extreme)

lament

a passionate expression of grief or sorrow

admonish

warn or reprimand someone firmly

presumptuous

excessively bold or confident; assuming without permission

wane

decrease in power; become weaker

deftly

in a skillful and clever way

solemnity

the quality of being serious

benevolently

in a kind and well-intentioned way

malodorous

smelling very unpleasant

careen

to move swiftly and unsteadily

jauntily

in a cheerful or lively manner

chagrined

feeling distressed or humiliated

oust

to drive out or expel someone from a position or place

predisposed

showing a tendency towards a specific condition or attitude

taut

stretched or pulled tight

reverie

a state of being pleasantly lost in thoughts; daydream

discordant

harsh and jarring (describing a sound)