A Raisin in the Sun Vocab

Defiance

resistance

Doggedly

stubbornly

Exasperated

annoyed; irritated; fed up

Bastion

strong, secure stronghold

Suppress

to keep secret

Graft

the illegal or unfair acquisition of money

Ledger

a book used to record accounts and transactions

Mechanically

acting like a machine

Permeated

spread throughout; diffused

Pretenses

false appearances or reasons

Proposition

proposal or plan

Racous

harsh sounding; loud

Rousing

vigorous; intense

Stupor

a daze; a mental unawareness

Vain

futile; failing to achieve the desired result

Agitation

emotional disturbance

Amaibly

good naturedly

Catastrophe

tragedy; large-scale disaster

Deceptive

deceitful; dishonest

Deplore

despise; having utter disgust for

Desperation

condition of beig driven to take almost any risk as a last resort

Enunciating

stating clearly and distanctly

Exuberant

high level of joy

Facetiusness

joking or jesting; often innapropriate

Gall

nerve; insolence and courage

Labored

worked at a task

Ludicrous

amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity

Nonplussed

confused

Pantomimes

silent communication using hands and facial expression

Presumably

probably; reasonably supposed