Not securely held or in position; dangerously likely to fall or collapse.

Keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties.

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

To bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.

Acutely distressing or painful.

Having or showing a strong desire for revenge.

Proceeding in a gradual, subtle way, but with harmful effects.

A general feeling of discomfort, illness, or unease whose cause is difficult to identify.

To exclude someone from a society or group.

The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness.

Having or showing a wish to do evil to others.

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

The exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

The state of being confined in prison; imprisonment.

Having or showing tenacity and grim persistence.

Able to be maintained or defended against attack or objection.

Lacking in quantity or quality.

Expressing feelings of gratitude, pleasure, or approval in an unrestrained or heartfelt manner.

Having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; wise.

The ability to produce a desired or intended result.

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood or behavior.

To treat with an apparent kindness that betrays a feeling of superiority.

The belief in or practice of selfless concern for the well-being of others.

Involving immoral or dishonorable actions and motives; arousing moral distaste and contempt.

A departure from what is normal, usual, or expected, typically an unwelcome one.

Very Complex; Impossible to understand or interpret.

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little.

The state of feeling remorseful and penitent.

Having or showing great knowledge or learning.

Exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action.

Spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.

(adj) physically awkward (esp. of a tall, skinny person, often used to describe teenagers)

To protest lunch counters that served only whites, black and white (mostly) students (and mostly from Northern universities) began arriving in the south and staging these protests of civil disobedience.

Laws designed to enforce segregation of blacks from whites. These laws were implemented from 1865-1965.

a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate; Machismo

A twentieth-century American artist and illustrator, known for his warm-hearted paintings of rural and small-town life in the united States. Many of his paintings appeared cover illustrations for the magazine The Saturday Evening Post.

Famous civil rights leader that believed in passive resistance. He was an icon for racial harmony and integration and a champion for civil rights.

Group of civil rights workers (many of whom were college students) who took bus trips through southern states in 1961 to protest illegal bus segregation.

very unconventional and - perhaps - slightly strange.

An amusement park in Atlanta, notorious for its state-of-the-art roller coasters and the fact that it was for 'whites only.' It closed in the mid-60's in part because it didn't want to integrate.

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Arbitrary

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Based on random choice or personal whim, rather than any reason or system.

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Atonement

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Reparation for a wrong or injury; making amends.

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Penance

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Voluntary self-punishment as an expression of repentance for wrongdoing.

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Lament

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To express grief or sorrow.

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In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

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Surreptitious

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Kept secret, especially because it would not be approved of.

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Clandestine

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Done secretly, especially because illicit.

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