English Raisin Flashcards

Vocab

undistinguished (adj)

common; nothing special (23)

pretense (n)

 pretending or feigning; make-believe; a false show of something (24)

exasperated (adj)

 irritated; provoked; irked (28)

viciously (adv)

with violence or fury (29)

sullen (adj)

 showing irritation or ill humor by a gloomy silence or reserve (29)

vindicated (v)

cleared of accusation, blame, or doubt (30)

proposition (n)

a suggested plan (33)

 vengeance (n)

revenge (35)

 tentatively (adv)

uncertainly (44)

furtively (adv)

 in a way that hides motive (44)

 futile (adj)

useless (45)

tyrant (n)

 dictator; harsh ruler (52)

forlornly (adv)

pitifully; desperately; hopelessly (57)

mutilated (adj)

maimed; damaged (61)

assimilationism (n)

belief that minority cultures should be absorbed into a dominant culture  (63)

 insinuatingly (adv)

with more meaning than is spoken; implied (66)

haphazardly (adv)

carelessly (66)

arrogant (adj)

proud; haughty (76)

eccentric (adj)

deviating from the norm; strange (80)

oppressive (adj)

tyrannical (81)

cliché (n)

trite or overused expression or idea (82)

plaintively (adv)

sorrowfully; pathetically (86)

 menacingly (adv)

threateningly (90)

exuberant (adj)

marked by unrestrained enthusiasm  (93)

presumably (adv)

probably; reasonably supposed  (96) 

 rebuff (n)

blunt refusal  (96)

 revelation (n)

new information  (91, 105)

amiably (adv)

good-naturedly (114)

ludicrous (adj)

ridiculous (124)

 ominous (adj)

menacing; threatening (131)

 plunder (v)

to rob; to loot  (134)

wrought (v)

shaped; made  (137)

monologue (n)

long speech by one person  (138)

eccentricity (n)

quality of being strange or unusual in behavior (138)

epitaph (n)

inscription on a tombstone (145)

amid (adv)

in the midst of  (149)