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Vocabulary
Raisin in the Sun
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| undistinguished | to be unnoticed; common, nothing special |
| exasperated | to annoy; irritated, provoked, irked |
| viciously | savagely; with violence or fury |
| vindicated | cleared of accusation; blame, suspicion or doubt |
| proposition | an offer; suggested plan |
| vengeance | with revenge; violently, maliciously |
| tentatively | not sure, uncertain; uncertainly |
| furtively | secretly, shy; stealthily, expressive of hidden motives |
| futile | useless, pointless, not successful; |
| tyrant | an absolute ruler; ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner |
| inappropriately | not proper, not suitable |
| heathenism | "religion" of those who don't believe in God and/or are uncivilized |
| forlornly | lonely, sad; looking pitiful, desperate or hopeless |
| mutilated | injured, disfigured; maimed, damaged |
| assimilationism | belief that minority cultures shuld dissolve into the dominate culture |
| insinuatingly | with more meaning than the spoken word, implying |
| haphazardly | at random, chance; without care, characterized by chance |
| coquettishly | in a manner befitting a woman who flirts with men; flirt |
| arrogant | insolently proud; overbearingly proud, haughty |
| eccentric | odd as in conduct, unconventional; deviating from the established norm, model or rule |
| oppressive | unjustly harsh; tyrannical |
| cliche | stereotyped expression; trite or over used expression or idea |
| sarcastically | pertaining to or characterized by sarcasm; in a manner using statements or implications opposite to the underlying meaning |
| plaintively | expressing sorrow, sorrowfully |
| menacingly | a person whose actions, attitudes or ideas are considered dangerous; threatingly |
| presunably | reasonably, probably |
| rebuffs | bluntly refuses |
| exuberance | unrestrained high spirits, overjoyed |
| desperation | driven to take almost any risk as a last resort |
| revelation | some new information, news |
| amiably | good naturedly |
| ludicrous | laughably ridiculous |
| ominous | having the signifigance of an omen; threatening |
| despair | a loss of hope; hopelessness |
| plunder | to take wrongfully, to rob, despoil; to rob of goods by force, loot |
| wrought | shaped, made; shaped by hammering |
| monologue | long speech made by one person |
| penetrated | to pass through; pierced, affected, diffused |
| epitaph | inscription on a tomb; summary of a deceased persons life |
| amid | middle of; among, in the midst of |
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KPatrickwcu12
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