A Raisin in the Sun 2
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- affirmation
- the assertion that something exists or is true
- Agitation
- persistent urging of a political or social cause or theory before the public
- anguish
- excruciating or acute distress, suffering, or pain
- assimiltion
- to take in and incorporate as one's own
- beseech
- to implore urgently
- bourgeois
- a member of the middle class
- Buckingham Palace
- london
- despair
- loss of hope
- disheveled
- to let down (hair)
- chauffeur
- person allowed to drive a private automobile
- Clybourne Park Improvement Ass.
- welcoming company from new neighborhood
- colonialism
- the control or governing influence of a nation over a dependent country, territory, or people.
- coquette
- flirt
- "cracker"
- white people
- deliberate
- carefully weighed or considered
- doggedly
- persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious
- dusky
- somewhat dark
- Eggleston
- Mama's maiden name
- eccentricity
- an oddity or peculiarity, as of conduct
- elaborate
- detail
- epitaph
- a commemorative inscription on a tomb or mortuary monument about the person buried at that site.
- exasperation
- an act or instance of exasperating; provocation; extreme annoyance
- exuberant
- effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic
- facetious
- literally; not meant to be taken serioulsy
- feverish
- having fever
- Flaming Spear
- the African worrier name Walter gives himself
- flippancy
- frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness
- forlorn
- unhappy, miserable
- fraternity
- organization of male students
- futile
- ineffective
- gait
- form of walking, running, or stepping
- gall
- impudence
- gourd
- the hard-shelled fruit of any of various plants
- homey
- someone in the neighborhood
- hysteria
- an uncontrollable outburst of emotion or fear
- incredulity
- inability or unwillingness to believe
- indignant
- feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base
- Jefferson
- Walters imaginary Gardener
- jubilance
- great joy
- ludicrous
- ridiculous; laughable
- malicious
- full of, characterized by
- monologue
- a form of dramatic entertainment
- mope
- sulk
- negotiate
- to consult
- NAACP
- National Association Advancment Colored People
- "Nigger"
- black person
- ominous
- portending evil or harm
- saucy
- boldly smart
- scrutinize
- to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
- profound
- having deep insight or understanding
- Prometheus
- a titan who taught about art
- sobriety
- being sober
- songhay
- An ancient empire of western Africa in present-day Mali.
- quizzical
- odd; queer
- raucous
- harsh
- refrain
- to abstain from an impulse to say or do something
- replenish
- to make full
- revelation
- act of revealing
- rigidity
- stiff
- tweed
- a coarse wool cloth in a variety of weaves and colors
- Thirty Pieces
- Judis chipped to point out Jesus
- tyranny
- arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power
- vengeance
- infliction of injury, harm, humiliation, or the like, on a person by another who has been harmed by that person
- vicious
- grossly immoral
- wrought
- exertion or effort directed to produce or accomplish something