Joy Luck Club Vocabulary Set 2

opponents

• adversaries

• boundaries

• prodigy

• sham

no capable of division into equal halves

• balanced

• fiasco

• asymmetrical

• predisposed

fall of material into a zig zag line, like water

• malignant

• cascade

• staccato

• waned

a binding agreement

• prodigy

• staccato

• covenant

• sham

skillful, easily

• burden

• proof

• obstinate

• deftly

a complete failure

• fiasco

• ovation

• elation

• staccato

evil, causing death

• angelic

• psalm

• malignant

• deftly

coolly, with indifference

• vitality

• waned

• deftly

• nonchalantly

stubborn

• taurus

• obstinate

• prodigy

• fiasco

inclined, susceptible to

• bullish

• broken

• predisposed

• concerto