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Joy Luck Club Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Camphor | substance used for preservation. Very aromatic smell to it. |
| Palanquin | covered litter for one passenger (That’s so Raven when she’s about to get married) |
| Felicitous | pleasing and fortunate |
| Chamber pot | bowl kept in the bedroom and used as a toilet |
| Posterity | future generations |
| Presumptuous | failing to observe or follow or recognize the limits of what is permitted or appropriate |
| Wantonness | deliberate or uncontrolled, unprovoked action. |
| Curio | -rare, unusual or intriguing object |
| Malodorous | -smelling very unpleasant |
| Careened | move swiftly and in an uncontrolled way in a specific direction |