Raisin in the Sun Vocab

undistinguished (adj)

undistinguished (adj)

common; nothing special

pretense (N)

pretending or feigning; make-believe; a false show

exasperated (adj)

irritated; provoked; irked

viciously (adv)

with violence or fury

sullen (adj)

A bad-tempered or gloomy person - Silent

vindicated (V)

cleared of accusation, blame, or doubt

proposition (N)

a suggested plan

vengeance (N)

revenge

tentatively (adv)

uncertainly

furtively (adv)

stealthily; in a way that hides motive

futile (adj)

useless

tyrant (N)

dictator; harsh ruler

forlornly (adv)

hopelessly

mutilated (adj)

maimed; damaged

assimilationism (N)

belief that minority cultures should be absorbed into a dominant culture

insinuatingly (adv)

with more meaning than is spoken; implied

haphazardly (adv)

carelessly

arrogant (adj)

proud; haughty

eccentric (adj)

deviating from the norm; strange

oppressive (adj)

tyrannical

cliché (N)

trite or overused expression or idea

plaintively (adv)

sorrowfully, pathetically, sadly

menacingly (adv)

threateningly

exuberant (adj)

marked by unrestrained enthusiasm

presumably (adv)

probably; reasonably supposed

rebuff (N)

blunt refusal

revelation (N)

new information

amiably (adv)

good-naturedly

ludicrous (adj)

ridiculous

ominous (adj)

menacing; threatening

plunder (V)

to rob; to loot

wrought (V)

shaped; made

monologue (N)

long speech by one person

eccentricity (N)

quality of being strange or unusual in behavior

epitaph (N)

inscription on a tombstone

amid (adv)

among; in the midst of