Semester review A Raisin in the Sun VOCAB

Question 1

Deferred

Answer 1

Delay;postpone

Question 2

Vindicated

Answer 2

Cleared, avenged, justified, defended

Question 3

Graft

Answer 3

Bribe

Question 4

Coquettishly

Answer 4

flirtingly

Question 5

Forlornly

Answer 5

helplessly, miserably

Question 6

Exasperated

Answer 6

to make very angry or impatient; greatly annoyed

Question 7

indictment

Answer 7

accusation, charge

Question 8

Rigidity

Answer 8

unbending, inflexible

Question 9

Idle

Answer 9

not active, not working; lazy

Question 10

Grudgingly

Answer 10

To be reluctant to give in or admit; to resent for having

Question 11

Graphically

Answer 11

Describe in vivid detail

Question 12

Conspicuously

Answer 12

obviously, celebrated, important, easily noticed

Question 13

Assimilation

Answer 13

merging of cultures, bringing together, minority adopts major culture

Question 14

Heathenism

Answer 14

irreligious, uncivilized, barbaric

Question 15

acute

Answer 15

sharp, intense, penetrating

Question 16

Recitation

Answer 16

Repeat from memory

Question 17

insinuatingly

Answer 17

Suggestive; provoking, doubt or suspicion

Question 18

Enrapture

Answer 18

to fill with delight

Question 19

Burlesque

Answer 19

ludicrous or mocking imitation, often vulgar

Question 20

Idiom

Answer 20

expression whose meaning cannot be derived from literal translation of words
(“raining cats and dogs”)

Question 21

Raunchiness

Answer 21

sloppy, shabby, noisy

Question 22

Presumably

Answer 22

taking something for granted, assuming

Question 23

Facetious

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humorous, joking slyly, witty, sarcastic

Question 24

Incredulity

Answer 24

lack of belief, doubt, skepticism

Question 25

Vain

Answer 25

Lacking substances or worth, fruitless, without importance