A Raisin in the Sun Vocab C Flashcards

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resonant

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

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respective

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

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resurgence

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(n) a continuing after an interruption or weakening

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revival

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(n) a restoration of life or spirit

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presage

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

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ferment

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(n) a state of agitation or turbulent change

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eradicate

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

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penultimate

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(adj) next to last

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portend

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(v) to predict or warn ahead of time

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dilute

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

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censor

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(v) to suppress what is objectionable

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countenance

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

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vitiate

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

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reserved

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(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)

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unreserved

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

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streamlined

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

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manifest

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

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implicit

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(adj) implied or understood though not directly expressed

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colossal

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

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virulent

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(adj) extremely infectious or poisonous

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egregious

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