Joy Luck Club and All Quiet Vocab

5/8/25

Banal

boring and unorigional

Bequeath

to leave something to someone in a will

Commandeer

to take something by force

Covet

strongly want something that belongs to someone else

Emaciated

extreemly skinny due to starvation

Expound

to explain something in detail

Evasive

avoiding (the truth)

Fallible

able to make mistakes

Flourish

thrive

Indigent

very poor

Indignation

anger at something unfair or wrong

Martinet

strict diciplinatian

Melancholy

a feeling of deep sadness

Obliterate

destroy/wipe out

Obtuse

slow to understand

Ostracize

to exclude from a group

Placate

to calm someone down

Queue

a line

Reverberation

a repeated echo or lasting effect

Superfluous

uneccisary/extra

Revile

to criticize

Trifling

unimportant

Admonish

to warn/gently scold

Adversary

an enemy or oponent

Apathetic

not caring or showing interest

Benevolent

kind and generous

Careen

to move quickly and out of control

Chastise

to severly scold

Deft

skilful and quick

Deplete

to use all of

Diligent

hardworking and careful

Docile

obedient

Explicit

very clear

Facade

false outward appearance

Haughty

arrogantly proud

Innuendo

negative+indirect+subtly suggestion

Jaunty

cheerful and confident

Malignant

harmful

Penance

punishment

Posterity

future generations

Procure

obtain

Pungent

strong smell or taste