Joy Luck Club Vocabulary Worksheet

a game of Chinese origin usually played by four persons with 144 dominolike pieces or tiles marked in suits, counters, and dice, the object being to build a winning combination of pieces.
a person who flees for refuge or safety, especially to a foreign country, as in time of political upheaval, war, etc.
gloomily dark; shadowy; dimly lighted
to let fall in separate pieces or particles over a surface; scatter or sprinkle
to remain silent or hold oneself aloof in a sullen, ill-humored, or offended mood
to irritate or provoke to a high degree; annoy extremely
to feel or show displeasure or indignation at (a person, act, remark, etc.) from a sense of injury or insult
to develop or improve by education or training; train; refine
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy
an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, etc., produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, or the like
anticipation; expectation; a looking forward
the act of breaking; state of being broken
of no recognized, definite, or particular type or kind
a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible