Raisin in the Sun Act I vocabulary

accommodate

• to make room for with a place to sleep

• To spread or diffuse

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

weariness

• exhausted

• excited

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

exasperated (adj)

• reluctant

• showing feelings of frustration

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

grudgingly (adv.)

• unwillingly

• energetically

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

mechanically (adv.)

• enthusiastically

• lifeless, robotic manner

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following:

• punishment in retaliation for offense

• chauffeur(n)

• sink in, saturate

• permeate (v)

• hired as a private driver

• rigidity (n.)

• money or benefits gotten dishonestly

• vengeance (n)

• stiff, inflexible, resistant

• graft (n)

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

To surmount, surpass, prevail over obstacles ​ (a)  

• overcome
• hopeless

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

Match the following

• physically weak

• meddle (v)

• interfere

• expectancy (n)

• something good will happen

• feeble (adj)

• deemed appropriate

• respectable

• posture when standing or walking

• carriage (n)

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

furtive (ly)

• secretive way, sly

• scream it aloud

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

Match the following

• quickly move fm one interest to another

• dreary

• dull or bleak

• dissolve

• disappear or disintegrate

• flit

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