A Raisin in the Sun Vocabulary All

unsure; uncertain; not definite or positive; hesitant

• assimilationism
• heathenism
• tentatively
• tyrant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

messily, carelessly, thoughtlessly

• haphazardly
• inappropriately
• mutilated
• proposition

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Clear someone from blame of suspicion

• Vain

• Defiant

• Permeate

• Vindicate

This is another word for being different, or a little unusual. 

• Disheveled
• Ambitious
• Feeble
• Eccentric

I know you might have to work that night, but let's ____ plan to go to the movies if you're free.

• tyrant
• tentatively
• exasperated
• proposition

Tags

CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What is the synonym for vengeance?

• sadness
• anger
• happiness
• revenge

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The rising and falling or pitch. Inflection adds meaning and rhythm to spoken word

• Inflection

• Pitch

• Pronunciation

• Quality

___________ means often fearful or worried

• Imperious

• Neurotic

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which vocabulary word means a strong defense?

• bastion
• copious
• extradite
• avarice

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

You might look this way if you didn’t

understand something.

• Petty

• Quizzical

• Venture

• Whim