A Raisin in the Sun Vocab C

Question 1

resonant

Answer 1

(adj) having a prolonged or lasting effect beyond the initial impact

Question 2

respective

Answer 2

(adj) relating to two or more persons or things individually or separately, usually in the particular order in which they are mentioned

Question 3

resurgence

Answer 3

(n) a continuing after an interruption or weakening

Question 4

revival

Answer 4

(n) a restoration of life or spirit

Question 5

presage

Answer 5

(v, accent on first syllable) to indicate in advance or predict

Question 6

ferment

Answer 6

(n) a state of agitation or turbulent change

Question 7

eradicate

Answer 7

(v) to get rid of as if by tearing up by the roots

Question 8

penultimate

Answer 8

(adj) next to last

Question 9

portend

Answer 9

(v) to predict or warn ahead of time

Question 10

dilute

Answer 10

(v) to water down or decrease the strength, brilliance or pureness of; weaken

Question 11

censor

Answer 11

(v) to suppress what is objectionable

Question 12

countenance

Answer 12

(n) appearance, especially (but not exclusively) the expression of the face

Question 13

vitiate

Answer 13

(v) to reduce the value of, to invalidate or make ineffective (roughly, to contradict)

Question 14

reserved

Answer 14

(adj) self-restrained in one’s behavior or in airing one’s views or opinions (a separate, different but somewhat related definition is, set aside for a particular person or future use)

Question 15

unreserved

Answer 15

(adj) not holding back one’s views or opinions or behavior or actions

Question 16

streamlined

Answer 16

(adj) constructed in a way that offers the least resistance to flow; reduced to essentials, lacking anything extra

Question 17

manifest

Answer 17

(adj) obvious, clearly apparent to the sight or understanding

Question 18

implicit

Answer 18

(adj) implied or understood though not directly expressed

Question 19

colossal

Answer 19

(adj) immense, of a size or degree which is almost unbelievable

Question 20

virulent

Answer 20

(adj) extremely infectious or poisonous

Question 21

egregious

Answer 21

(adj) conspicuously bad or offensive (‘sticks out”)