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undistinguished
common, nothing special
pretense
pretending or feigning; make believe, a false show of something
exasperated
irritated, provoked, irked
viciously
with violence or fury
sullen
showing irritation or ill-humor by a gloomy silence or reserve
vindicated
cleared of accusation, blame, or doubt
proposition
a suggested plan
vengeance
revenge
tentatively
uncertainly
furtively
stealthily, in a way that hides motive
futile
useless
tyrant
dictator, harsh rule
forlornly
pitifully, desperately, hopelessly
mutilated
maimed, damaged
assimilationism
belief that minority cultures should be absorbed into a dominant culture
insinuatingly
with more meaning than is spoken; implied
haphazardly
carelessly
arrogant
proud, haughty
eccentric
deviating from the norm, strange
oppressive
tyrannical
cliché
trite or overused expression/idea
plaintively
sorrowfully, pathetically
menacingly
threateningly
exuberant
marked by unrestrained enthusiasm
presumably
probably; reasonably supposed
rebuff
blunt refusal
revelation
new information
amiably
good-naturedly
ludicrous
ridiculous
ominous
menacing, threatening
plunder
to rob, to loot
wrought
shaped, made
monologue
long speech by one person
eccentricity
quality of being strange or unusual in behavior
epitaph
inscription on a tombstone
amid
among; in the midst of
the plant as a symbol
dreams, the revival of dreams, Mama’s past
the apartment as a symbol
rat trap, no room to grow (plant)
light in apartment as symbol
in apartment very small, barely enough to keep plant (dream) alive, in new house lots of light
eggs as a symbol
reality check for walter, ruth telling walter to focus on what’s in front of him and not worry about future
beneatha’s hair as a symbol
called mutilated by asagai, started off assimilated (straightened), changed to natural hair after asagai said something
