MLK Vocabulary

Grand or majestic in appearance, quality, or action.

• momentous

• magnificent

• magnanimous

• majesty

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

unjustifiable negative behavior toward a group and its members

• prejudice

• segregation

• discrimination

• injustice

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

wealth or success

• poverty

• prosperity

• prosperous

• tranquility

Tags

CCSS.L.K.5A

CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

lonely; forlorn; uninhabited; barren, deserted

• berate

• dilapidated

• neophyte

• desolate

Tags

CCSS.L.5.5C

CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5B

CCSS.L.8.4A

a state of peace and quiet

• tranquility

• liberty

• magnificent

• prosperity

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

a signaling light; a source of guidance or inspiration

• pantomime

• precaution

• liberty

• beacon

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles

• manicure

• maneuver

• manacles

• spindles

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Enormous, Immense; very large

• desolate

• decree

• immense

• vast

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

Separation of people based on racial, ethnic, or other differences

• discrimination

• injustice

• segregation

• prejudice

Tags

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.L.7.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.W.7.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

shriveling, shrinking, wilting

• sweltering

• withering

• injustice

• rustling

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4