English Vocab: A Raisin In The Sun

Front 1

pretense

Back 1

D: The putting forward of a claim to a specified quaility: an instance of this; an assumption
POS: N
S: I was arrested under false pretenses.

Front 2

graft

Back 2

D: Practices, especially bribery used to secure gains in politics or buisiness
POS: N
S: The police inquired where they got the permit because they thought it was through graft.

Front 3

disinterested

Back 3

D: not having a stake in something, neutral
POS: ADJ
S: The jury should be made up of disinterested members

Front 4

ghetto

Back 4

D: A thickly populated slum area, minorities live there
POS: N
S: The Youngers hope to move from the ghetto to the suburbs.

Front 5

assimilationism

Back 5

D: Absorbtion of an immigrant or culturally different group into the surrounding culture
POS: N
S: He accused his Russian friend of being an assimilationist.

Front 6

incredulity

Back 6

D: the state of being unwilling or unable to believe something, disbelief
POS: N
S: I was incredulous because of the agency.

Front 7

insinuate

Back 7

D: suggest or hint indirectly, slyly
POS: V
S: He insinuated that I was lying but he could not prove it.

Front 8

beseechingly

Back 8

D: asking urgently, pleadingly
POS:ADV
S: Sam asked his mother beseechingly to go out with his friends.

Front 9

coquettish

Back 9

D: similar to a coquette, like a flirt
POS: ADJ
S: I saw her bat her eyes coquettishly, but I had no intention of falling into that trap.

Front 10

heritage

Back 10

D: family or ethnic traditions or history
POS: N
S: She was very proud of her Indian heritage, and it showed.

Front 11

eccentric

Back 11

D: deviating from usual methods, odd, whimsical
POS: adj
S: His choice to become a clown was eccentric.

Front 12

cliché

Back 12

D: a stereotype, an overused or tired expression
POS: n
S: The statement 'the French are snooty' is a cliché

Front 13

sullen

Back 13

D: moody silence, gloomy
POS: adj
S: He was in a sullen mood because his mom had told him he could not go to the theater.

Front 14

revelation

Back 14

D: a surprising fact
POS: n
S: She had a revelation to find God and embrace His message.

Front 15

martyr

Back 15

D: a person who is killed because of religious beliefs or cause
POS: n
S: The suicide bomber was hailed as a martyr.

Front 16

replenish

Back 16

D: to fill up again
POS: v
S: There was a replenishing water supply in the town with the lake.

Front 17

wrought

Back 17

D: something a person has to do
POS: n
S:

Front 18

entrepreneur

Back 18

D: a person who organizes his own buisness
POS: n
S: The town refused to give any more permits to entrepreneurs.