A Raisin in the Sun SAT Vocabulary
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21 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Assimilationist | Someone who blends in with the culture |
| Bastion | Strong, secure stronghold |
| Beseech | Begging and asking in a pleading manner |
| Evading | Escaping; Eluding - Staying away from |
| Forlorn | Looking pitiful or desperate |
| Haphazard | Without care; happened by chance |
| Heathenism | People are uncivilized |
| Indignant | Very angry |
| Insinuating | There is more meaning behind what is actually said |
| Raptly | In deeply engaged manner |
| Recitation | Reciting a memorized speech |
| Cliche | Over-used expression |
| Incredulity | Doubt; Disbelief |
| Scrutinizing | Examining something in detail |
| Deplore | Despise, To have utter disgust for |
| Rebuff | A blunt or abrupt rejection a peremptory refusal of a request, offer, etc.; A snub |
| Strident | Loud irritating, high-pitched |
| Precariously | Dangerously |
| Epitaph | Sentence of phrase that summarizes a dead person's life; usually on a tombstone |
| Facetiousness | Joking, inappropriate |
| Deferred | Postponed of delayed |
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