A Raisin in the Sun Act II Scene 2 Vocabulary

Mixed together; combined. 

• separated

• mingled

• matriculated

• mellowed

A person hired to perform personal or domestic duties for another.  

• servant

• entrepreneur

• businessperson

• executive

Done with force and energy. 

• vicariously

• vivaciously

• vigorously

• voluntarily

A title conferred on a student when they graduate from a college or professional school. 

• license

• certificate

• diploma

• degree

Probably; in all likelihood; by reasonable assumption. 

• uncertainly

• doubtfully

• unlikely

• presumably

To reject another person’s offer, suggestion, or romantic advance; to snub.

• accept

• rebuff

• welcome

• acknowledge

Sudden and vehement in expression; expressing strong emotion.

• diffident

• relaxed

• exclamatory

• tranquil

To move suddenly or rapidly.  

• dart

• amble

• lope

• idle

Resolute or firmly determined; intended to resolve a conflict or uncertainty.

• decisive

• indefinite

• indecisive

• insignificant

Showing beauty and refinement; rich and luxurious yet restrained by the codes of upper-class taste.  

• tacky

• elegant

• gauche

• crass