A Raisin in the sun Flashcards
undistinguished
(adj) common; nothing special (23)
pretense
(n) pretending or feigning; make-believe; a false show of something (24)
exasperated
(adj) irritated; provoked; irked (28)
viciously
(adv) with violence or fury (29)
vindicated
(v) cleared of accusation, blame, or doubt (30)
proposition
(n) a suggested plan (33)
vengeance
(n) revenge (35)
tentatively
(adv) uncertainly (44)
furtively
(adv) stealthily; in a way that hides motive (44)
futile
(adj) useless (45)
tyrant
(n) dictator; harsh ruler (52)
sullen
(adj) showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve (29)
forlornly
(adv) pitifully; desperately; hopelessly (57)
mutilated
(adj) maimed; damaged (61)
assimilationism
(n) belief that minority cultures should be absorbed into a dominant culture (63)
insinuatingly
(adv) with more meaning than is spoken; implied (66)
haphazardly
(adv) carelessly (66)
arrogant
(adj) proud; haughty (76)
eccentric
(adj) deviating from the norm; strange (80)
oppressive
(adj) tyrannical (81)
cliché
(n) trite or overused expression or idea (82)
plaintively
(adv) sorrowfully; pathetically (86)
menacingly
(adv) threateningly (90)
exuberant
(adj) marked by unrestrained enthusiasm (93)
presumably
(adv) probably; reasonably supposed (96)
rebuff
(n) blunt refusal (96)
revelation
(n) new information (91, 105)
amiably
(adv) good-naturedly (114)
ludicrous
(adj) ridiculous (124)
ominous
(adj) menacing; threatening (131)
plunder
(v) to rob; to loot (134)
wrought
(v) shaped; made (137)
monologue
(n) long speech by one person (138)
eccentricity
(n) quality of being strange or unusual in behavior (138)
epitaph
(n) inscription on a tombstone (145)
amid
(adv) among; in the midst of (149)