Vocabulary from ¨Letter from Birmingham Jail¨

Define:

Cognizant

• having knowledge or being aware of.

• to conceptualize

• becoming ¨cog-like¨ - a moving part in a machine.

• being unaware

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means?

of or concerning the regions outside the capital city of a country, especially when regarded as unsophisticated or narrow-minded.

• Provincial

• Incorrigible

• Degenerating

• Unduly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define:

Gainsay

• suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

• warn or reprimand someone firmly.

• deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

• deprive of feeling or awareness.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define:

Languish

• suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

• warn or reprimand someone firmly.

• deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

• deprive of feeling or awareness.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define:

Anesthetize

• suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

• warn or reprimand someone firmly.

• deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

• deprive of feeling or awareness.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define:

Admonish

• suffer from being forced to remain in an unpleasant place or situation.

• warn or reprimand someone firmly.

• deny or contradict (a fact or statement)

• deprive of feeling or awareness.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which word means:

the doctrine that an individual state of the U.S. may oppose any federal action it believes encroaches on its sovereignty?

• interposition

• Moratorium

• Solace

• Complacency

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define:

Moratorium

• a temporary prohibition of an activity.

• comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

• a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

• a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Define:

Solace

• a temporary prohibition of an activity.

• comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

• a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

• a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Define:

Complacency

• a temporary prohibition of an activity.

• comfort or consolation in a time of distress or sadness.

• a feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to try to make them better

• a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4