A Raisin in the Sun: Act 3

Question 1

Ominous

Answer 1

giving the impression that something bad or unpleasant is going to happen; threatening; inauspicious

Question 2

Idealist

Answer 2

a person who is guided more by ideals than by practical considerations

Question 3

Mirage

Answer 3

an optical illusion caused by atmospheric conditions, especially the appearance of a sheet of water in a desert or on a hot road caused by the refraction of light from the sky by heated air

Question 4

Realist

Answer 4

a person who accepts a situation as it is and is prepared to deal with it accordingly

Question 5

Martyr

Answer 5

a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs

Question 6

Replenish

Answer 6

fill (something) up again

Question 7

Eccentricity

Answer 7

the quality of being eccentric

Question 8

Epitaph

Answer 8

a phrase or form of words written in memory of a person who has died, especially as an inscription on a tombstone.

Question 9

Reverie

Answer 9

a state of being pleasantly lost in one’s thoughts; a daydream

Question 10

Precariously

Answer 10

in a way that is not securely in position and is likely to fall or collapse