Letter from a Birmingham Jail Vocabulary

Paradoxical means...

• having excessive satisfaction with one's accomplishments

• to seem opposite, contrary or contridictory

• to agree

• a temporary stop to an activity

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

Unfettered means...

• unrestrained, uninhibited

• to reuse to accept

• to agree

• to disagree

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

Clarion means...

• to disagree

• to reuse to accept

• to agree

• a narrow trumpet; formerly used to signal war

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

Concur...

• to disagree

• to reuse to accept

• to agree

• to warn or reprimand someone firmly

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

Repudiate...

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

• to warn or reprimand someone firmly

• a temporary stop to an activity

• to refuse to accept

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

Admonish...

• a temporary stop to an activity

• a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

• to warn or reprimand someone firmly

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

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

Moratorium means...

• a temporary stop to an activity

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

• a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

• having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

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

Incorrigible means...

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

• a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

• having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

• a temporary stop to an activity

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

Sanctimonious means...

• having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

• deep thought, insight, depth of knowledge

• a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

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

Profundity means...

• deep thought, insight, depth of knowledge

• having excessive satisfaction with one's achievements

• making a show of being morally superior to other people

• a non coachable person or one who can't be corrected

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