A raisin in the Sun Vocab

Defiance

resistance

doggedly

stubbornly

exasperated

annoyed: irritated: fed up

furtively

done secretly

futile

useless

graft

the illegal or unfair accusation of money

ledger

a book used to record accounts and transactions

mechanically

acting like a machine

permeated

spread through: diffuse

pretenses

false appearance or reasons

propositions

proposal or plan

raucous

harsh sounding: loud

rousing

vigorous: intense

stupor

a daze: mental unawareness

tentatively

cleared of accusations: blame, suspicion or doubt

tyrant

ruler who exercises power in a harsh, cruel manner

undistinguished

common: nothing special

vain

futile: failing to achieve the desire result

vengeance

with violence or fury

viciously

violently; maliciously

vindicated

justified; proven right

assimilationist

advocating of blending in with the culture

bastion

string, secure strongholding

beseechingly

in a begging or pleading manner

evading

escaping, eluding

forlornly

looking pitiful, desperate or hopeless

haphazardly

without care; characterized by change

heathenism

religion of those who don't believe in God and/or are uncivilized

inappropriately

unsuitably; improper

indignantly

righteously angry

insinuatingly

with more meaning than the spoken word

mutilated

maimed; damaged

quizzical

puzzled; confused

raptly

in a deeply engaged manner

recitation

reciting a memorized speech

suppress

to keep secret