Words - 7/10 Tue - The Joy Luck Club

pool2 [transitive]

to combine your money, ideas, skills etc with those of other people so that you can all use them

flee  /fliː/[intransitive and transitive]

to leave somewhere very quickly, in order to escape from danger

ru‧bric [countable]

a set of instructions or an explanation in a book, examination paper etc

hap‧less [only before noun]

unlucky:

gem [countable]

1DCJa beautiful stone that has been cut into a special shape [= jewel]:

2something that is very special or beautiful:

deft

1a deft movement is skilful, and often quick:

2skilful at doing something:

—deftly adverb  (in our context, it uses 'deftly')

crammed

completely full of things or people [= packed]:

fait ac‧com‧pli [singular]

something that has already happened or been done and cannot be changed

tes‧ta‧ment [countable]

proving or showing very clearly that something exists or is true:

con‧cu‧bine [countable]

a woman in the past who lived with and had sex with a man who already had a wife or wives, but who was socially less important than the wives

By Andrianne and Sandy