ENGLISH VOCAB

Danny Feiler

Mr. Brannigan Period 9

Raisin In The Sun Vocab

Scene 1:

Stupor: (Noun) Great diminution of sensibility or suspense: Lethargy, Dynamic. “Her son sits up at last, in stupor of sleepiness.” -530

Indictment: (Noun) An act of accusation: Denial, Accusation. “….and always in his voice is a quality of indictment.” -531

Flit: (Verb) To move lightly and swiftly: Leisurely, Quickly. “Why you got to flit so from one thing to another, baby?” -541

QUIZZICALAdjective) Queer or comical: Stern, Harsh. “Her face is quizzical, profoundly and disturbed.” -548

Conspicuously: (Adverb) Readily visible or observable; easily seen: Invisible, Manifest. “With conspicuously brushed hair and jacket” -553

Scene 2:

Promenades: (Verb) A walk for pleasure or display: Halcyon, Stroll. “She promenades to the radio.” -554

Misgiving: (Noun) Feeling doubt: Certainty, Suspicion. “Coming to him, gently and with misgiving, but coming to him.” -560

Jubilance: (Adjective) Satisfaction, showing great triumph: Exultation, Failure. “Throwing her head with jubilance” -561

Therein: (Adverb) In or into that place or thing: Admissible, Refinement. “Aware for the first time perhaps that the life therein pulses with happiness and not despair” -562

Rebuffs: (Verb) An abrupt refusal: Spurn, Concede. “She rebuffs him again and he starts to leave.” -563

Scene 3:

Ominous: (Adjective) Repressing evil or harm: Inauspicious, Safe. “Still surrounded by the now almost ominous packing crates” -576

Retrogression: (Noun) The act of retrogressing; moving backwards: Reversion, Advance. “Retrogression even” -579

Flippancy: (Adjective) Frivolously disrespectful; Shallow. Saucy, Respectful. “Coming to her with genuine romantic flippancy” -579

Epitaph: (Noun) A memorial on a grave or monument: Eulogy, Un-commendatory. “You done wrote his epitaph too-like the rest of the world?” 581

Precariously: (Adjective) Dependent on instances beyond ones control: Well-founded, Doubtful. “Seeing the men moving her chairs precariously” -586