RAISIN IN THE SUN VOCAB Flashcards
undistinguished
adj. common, nothing special
pretense
n. pretending or feigning
exasperated
adj. irritated; provoked; irked
viciously
adv. with violence or fury
sullen
adj. showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
vindicated
v. cleared of accusation, blame, or doubt
proposition
n. a suggested plan
vengeance
n. revenge
tentatively
adv. uncertainly
furtively
adv. stealthily, in a way that hides motive
futile
adj. useless
tyrant
n. dictator, harsh ruler
forlornly
adv. pitifully; desperately; hopelessly
mutilated
adj. maimed; damaged
assimilationism
n. belief that minority cultures should be absorbed into a dominant culture
insinuatingly
adv. with more meaning than is spoked; implied
haphazardly
adv. carelessly
arrogant
adj. proud, haughty
eccentric
adj. deviating from the norm; strange
oppressive
adj. tyrannical
cliche (with an accent)
n. trite or overused expression or idea
plaintively
sorrowfully; pathetically
menacingly
adv. threatenignly
exuberant
adj. marked by unrestrained enthusiasm
presumably
adv. probably; reasonably supposed
rebuff
n. blunt refusal
revelation
n. new information
amiably
adv. good-naturedly
ludicrous
adj. ridiculous
ominous
adj. menacing; threatening
plunder
v. to rob; to loot
wrought
v. shaped; made
monologue
n. long speech by one person
eccentricity
n. quality of being strange or unusual in behavior
epitaph
n. inscription on a tombstone
amid
adv. among; in the midst of
