A Raisin in the Sun - Vocab - 2

INHERENTLY

• request urgently or persistently

• rudely abrupt

• in an essential manner

• affecting things in the past

REPRIMAND

• an act or expression of criticism and censure

• rudely abrupt

• suspension of an ongoing activity

• exchange of a penalty for a less severe one

RETRIBUTION

• affecting things past

• a justly deserved penalty

• rudely abrupt

• fill or cover completely

INUNDATE

• request urgently or persistently

• fill or cover completely

• affecting things past

• request earnestly

RETROACTIVE

• difficult to endure

• authorized postponement

• exchange a penalty for a less severe one

• affecting things past

INVOKE

• rudely abrupt

• request earnestly; ask for aid

• request urgently

• an expression of criticism

MORATORIUM

• lacking vitality

• capacity or power to produce a desired result

• suspension of an ongoing activity

• not straight forward or candid

SOLICIT

• request urgently or persistently

• affecting things in the past

• a justly deserved penalty

• censure severely or angrily

COMMUTE

• request urgently

• exchange a penalty for a less severe one

• a legally authorized postponement

• deserving reward or praise

SUCCINCT

• a justly deserved penalty

• suspension of an ongoing activity

• briefly giving the gist of something

• a regular journey to and from somewhere