Vocabulary #2: The Joy Luck Club

Question 0

Irrevocable

Answer 0

(Adj) not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be undone or changed; unalterable.

Question 1

Inviolable

Answer 1

(Adj) incapable of being violated; incorruptible; unassailable. Secure from destruction, violence, infringement, or desecration.

Question 2

Mundane

Answer 2

(Adj) of or pertaining to this world or earth as contrasted with heaven; worldly; earthly. Common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.

Question 3

Sonorous

Answer 3

(Adj) loud, deep, or resonant, as a sound; high and full in sound, as language or verse.

Question 4

Sully

Answer 4

(V) to soil, stain, or tarnish. To mar the purity of; defile.

Question 5

Tact

Answer 5

(N) a keen sense of what to say or do to avoid giving offense; skill in dealing with difficult or delicate situations. A keen sense of what is appropriate, tasteful, or aesthetically pleasing; taste; discrimination.

Question 6

Translucent

Answer 6

(Adj) permitting light to pass through but diffusing it do that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible. Easily understandable; lucid. Clear; transparent.

Question 7

Unequivocal

Answer 7

(Adj) no equivocal; unambiguous; clear; absolute; having only one possible meaning or interpretation.

Question 8

Impotent

Answer 8

(Adj) not potent; lacking power or ability. Utterly unable to do something. Without force or effectiveness. Lacking bodily strength or physically helpless. For a male: unable to have sexual intercourse.

Question 9

Meander

Answer 9

(V) proceed by or take a winding or indirect course. To wander aimlessly; ramble.

Question 10

Docile

Answer 10

(Adj) submissive. Easily managed or handled; tractable. Readily trained or taught; teachable.

Question 11

Impertinent

Answer 11

(Adj) intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil. Not pertinent or relevant; irrelevant.

Question 12

Chide

Answer 12

(V) to express disapproval of; scold; reproach.

Question 13

Pious

Answer 13

(Adj) having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations. Characterized by a hypocritical concern with virtue or religious devotion; sanctimonious.

Question 14

Opulent

Answer 14

(Adj) wealthy, rich, it affluent. Luxurious. Richly supplied; abundant or plentiful.

Question 15

Cursory

Answer 15

(Adj) going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial.

Question 16

Extol

Answer 16

(V) to praise highly; laud; eulogize.

Question 17

Meticulous

Answer 17

(Adj) taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough. Finicky; fussy.

Question 18

Quintessence

Answer 18

(N) the pure and concentrated essence of a substance. The most perfect embodiment of something.

Question 19

Perpetuate

Answer 19

(V) to make perpetual, long lasting, everlasting. To preserve from extinction or oblivion.