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Raisin in the Sun
Vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Assimilation | (noun) Take in information, ideas, or culture and integrate these into wider society or culture (Syns) absorb |
Commence | (verb) Begin or start (Syns) get under way, get the ball rolling |
Conspicuous | (adjective) Standing out so as to be clearly visible (Syns) noticeable, obvious |
Contradiction | (noun) The statement of a position opposite to one already made (Syns) disagreement, opposition |
Defer | (verb) Put off (an action or event) until a later time (Syns) delay, postpone |
Erratic | (adjective) Not even or regular in pattern or movement (Syns) unpredictable, inconsistent |
Feeble | (adjective) Lacking physical strength or strength of character (Syns) frail, delicate, sickly |
Liberated | (adjective) Showing freedoms from social conventions or traditional ideas (Syns) set free, release |
Mutilate | (verb) Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on (Syns) mangle, maim |
Permeate | (verb) Spread throughout something (Syns) fill |
Pertinent | (adjective) Relevant or applicable to a particular matter (Syns) to the point, fitting |
Profound | (adjective) Having or showing great knowledge or insight (Syns) keen, far-reaching |
Pretense | (noun) An attempt to make something that is not the case appear true (Syns) faking, putting on an act, make believe |
Quizzical | (adjective) A person's expression or behavior which indicates amused puzzlement (Syns) perplexed, baffled, amused |
forlorn | (adjective) sad and lonely because of isolation or desertion, being in poor condition (syn) alone, solitary |