A Raisin in the Sun, Act II, Scene i vocabulary

Match the following words to the definition

• inappropriate

• hint; convey indirectly or obliquely

• mutilate

• lack of order or planning; aimless; random

• heathen

• render something imperfect by cutting it up or some act of destruction

• insinuate

• not suitable or proper

• haphazard

• a person regarded as lacking culture or moral principles

Match the following words to the definition

• Assimilation

• deprive or destroy the use of a limb or organ

• forlorn

• a person who does not belong to a widely-held religion as regarded by those that do

• mutilate

• in a pitiful state

• heathen

• absorbed people into a larger group or the people who have been absorbed into the group

Shayna's brother drove her nuts because his room was a (a)   mess, with Legos and action figures strewn about.

Dogs view their people as their pack. That is probably why they become so (a)   when we leave them all by themselves.

Moses told his friend, Frank, "Use a fork to eat that chicken, don't be such a (a)   !"

It is (a)   to play video games while the teacher is teaching.

Dad (a)   ed that if we got good grades, he would take us to Benihana for dinner.

Grandma was shocked at how quickly the (a)   of her grandchildren began in America. First, they stopped wearing their traditional clothing and started wearing cowboy hats, then they started to end all their sentences with "right?"

The art thieves had no regard for the art they stole, they would (a)   the canvas but cutting the art out of the frame, showing a lack of respect for the art.

It is ___ to ask for extra credit when the student didn't do much of the assigned work in the first place!

• mutilate

• haphazard

• inappropriate

• assimilation