The Joy Luck Club Crossword

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Across
  1. 6. To sharpen (a blade or one’s abilities)
  2. 7. fail to give true notion or impression of something; disguise or contradict
  3. 8. a light two-wheeled hooded vehicle drawn by one or more people
  4. 9. Completely in agreement
  5. 11. Not in agreement or harmony; incongruous
  6. 12. To address someone in a fierce way to express disapproval
  7. 13. A block of steel, gold, silver, or other metal, typically oblong in shape
  8. 15. Regret strongly; mourn a person’s death
  9. 17. What did An-Mei's mom put in the soup she fed to Popo?
  10. 18. A woman who lives with a man but has lower status than his wife; secondary wife
  11. 20. Grow; encourage; promote
  12. 23. Which corner of the table does Jing-Mei sit at in the Joy Luck Club
  13. 24. Arrogant; disrespectful; rude; insulting
  14. 28. Absentminded dreaming while awake; daydream
  15. 29. A quantity of paper; rebuke someone fiercely
  16. 30. a state of perplexity or uncertainty over what to do in a difficult situation; dilemma; predicament
Down
  1. 1. Gloomy; subdued
  2. 2. What did the jade pendant Jing-Mei's mom give her represent?
  3. 3. Allowing some light to pass through
  4. 4. Money or property brought by a bride’s family to her husband
  5. 5. relating to meaning in language or logic
  6. 10. ignorant of or uninterested in cultures, ideas, or peoples outside one's own experience.
  7. 14. very infectious; fatal; incurable; dangerous (opposite of benign)
  8. 16. How many sisters did Jing-Mei have in China?
  9. 19. What is Waverly good at?
  10. 21. How many crabs did Jing-Mei's mom cook?
  11. 22. Traitor; disrespect for elders and ancestors
  12. 23. based on observation or experience rather than theory or pure logic
  13. 25. Respect for ancestors, elders, and family
  14. 26. (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential; developing; growing; emerging
  15. 27. gentle and kindly; (of a disease) not harmful (opposite of malignant)