A Raisin in the Sun Vocab Act I

Question 1

constancy, consistency, or conformity

Answer 1

Uniformity

Question 2

a formal charge or accusation of a serious crime; condemnation

Answer 2

Indictment

Question 3

aligned with or accustomed to

Answer 3

Oriented

Question 4

lack of interest, concern, or sympathy

Answer 4

Indifference

Question 5

intensely irritated; infuriated

Answer 5

Exasperated

Question 6

bad-tempered and sulky; gloomy

Answer 6

Sullen

Question 7

stiff or unyielding; not pliant or flexible; hard; firmly fixed or set

Answer 7

Rigidity

Question 8

spread throughout (something); pervade

Answer 8

Permeate

Question 9

efficiently and without emotion; as regards X medicine;

Answer 9

Clinically

Question 10

not conspicuously or attracting attention

Answer 10

Unobtrusively

Question 11

persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious

Answer 11

Doggedly

Question 12

confident of one’s own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others

Answer 12

Self-righteously

Question 13

not certain or fixed; provisional; done without confidence; hesitant

Answer 13

Tentatively

Question 14

incapable of producing any useful result; pointless; useless

Answer 14

Futile

Question 15

making or constituting a disturbingly harsh and loud noise

Answer 15

Raucous

Question 16

Someone with extreme mood swings. A constant worrier. A paranoid personality. Someone who often suffers from extreme stress. Someone who can’t cope in a social setting.

Answer 16

Neurotic

Question 17

feeling or showing anger or annoyance at what is perceived as unfair treatment

Answer 17

Indignantly

Question 18

(of a bad, difficult, or unwelcome situation or phenomenon) present or experienced to a severe or intense degree.

Answer 18

Acute

Question 19

a person with much worldly experience and knowledge of fashion and culture

Answer 19

Sophisticate

Question 20

to suggest or hint slyly; to instill or infuse subtly or artfully, as into the mind; to bring or introduce into a position or relation by indirect or artful methods

Answer 20

Insinuatingly

Question 21

lacking any obvious principle of organization

Answer 21

Haphazardly