A Raisin In The Sun - Essential Vocabulary - 5

Question 1

Idle -

Answer 1

(Of a person) Avoiding work; lazy

Question 2

Indignantly -

Answer 2

In a manner indicating anger or annoyance at something perceived as unfair

Question 3

Heathenism -

Answer 3

A follower of a polytheistic religion; a pagan.

Question 4

Forlornly -

Answer 4

Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely

Question 5

Dejection -

Answer 5

A sad and depressed state; low spirits

Question 6

Sophisticate -

Answer 6

A person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture.

Question 7

Accommodate -

Answer 7

Fit in with the wishes or needs of

Question 8

Mutilate -

Answer 8

Inflict a violent and disfiguring injury on

Question 9

Assimilationism -

Answer 9

The process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.

Question 10

Incredulity -

Answer 10

The state of being unwilling or unable to believe something

Question 11

Recitation -

Answer 11

The action of repeating something aloud from memory

Question 12

Acutely -

Answer 12

(With reference to something unpleasant or unwelcome) Intensely

Question 13

Haphazardly -

Answer 13

In a manner lacking any obvious principle of organization