Vocabulary Game MLK & RFK Speeches

n. the proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on September 22, 1862 that freed the. people held as slaves in those territories still in rebellion against the Union from January 1, 1863, forward.

• Interposition

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Nonviolent Resistance

v. grasp mentally; to understand

• Languished

• Abide

• Comprehend

n. peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate

• Dignity

• Nonviolent Resistance

• Interposition

adj. making one feel strong, healthy, and full of energy

• Invigorating

• Interposition

• Injustice

n. good fortune; success

• Insufficient

• Savageness

• Prosperity

n. the property of being untamed and ferocious

• Oppression

• Despair

• Savageness

v. accept or act in accordance with a rule, decision or recommendation

• dignity

• redemptive

• abide

n. an action of showing or demonstrating

• hallowed

• demonstration

• exalted

n. the use of confrontational or violent methods in support of a political or social cause

• militancy

• comprehend

• abide

n. prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control

• prosperity

• oppression

• injustice