Vocabulary List 1: joy Luck Club

Question 0

Visceral

Answer 0

Characterized or proceeding from instinct rather than intellect

Question 1

Precipitous

Answer 1

Dangerously high or steep

Question 2

Nondescript

Answer 2

Of no particular type to kind; dull; uninteresting

Question 3

Insolent

Answer 3

Rude, disrespectful, arrogant

Question 4

Auspicous

Answer 4

Favorable; well-timed, promising

Question 5

Acrid

Answer 5

Specific smell or taste

Question 6

Lament

Answer 6

to feel or express sorrow or regret for

(N) an expression of grief or sorrow

Question 7

Pungent

Answer 7

A sharp,strong, penetrating smell. Any smell

Question 8

Benevolent

Answer 8

Kind, good hearted

Question 10

Elude

Answer 10

Evade or escape from;

Filed to be attained by someone

Question 11

Chagrin

Answer 11

(V) to annoy by disappointment or humiliation

(N) a feeling of annoyance, marked by disappointment or humiliation

Question 12

Acquiesce

Answer 12

To give into something easily

Question 14

Disparage

Answer 14

Bring shame upon someone

Question 15

Guileless

Answer 15

Sincere; honest; straightforward; innocent.

Question 16

Adulterate

Answer 16

To ruin something

Question 17

Augment

Answer 17

To make larger; enlarge in size, number strength, or extent; increase

Question 18

Bereft

Answer 18

Lacking something;

Lonely and abandoned

Question 19

Verbatim

Answer 19

In exactly the same words; word for word

Question 20

Listless

Answer 20

Having or showing little or no interest in anything; spiritless

Question 21

Innuendo

Answer 21

A negative rumor