Vocabulary Unit 7 (Civil Rights Part 2)

greatly revered and honored; held in great respect

• hallowed

• desolate

• appalling

• exalt

adj- a place deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness.

verb- make (a place) bleakly and depressingly empty or bare

• desolate

• appalling

• exalt

• languish

causing shock or dismay; horrific

• appalling

• exalt

• languish

• inextricable

to praise, glorify, honor

• exalt

• languish

• inextricable

• tribulation

(of a person or other living thing) lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble.

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

• languish

• inextricable

• tribulation

• sear

unable to separate or pull apart

• inextricable

• tribulation

• sear

• prodigious

a cause of great trouble or suffering

• tribulation

• sear

• prodigious

• degenerate

burn or scorch the surface of something with intense heat

• sear

• prodigious

• degenerate

• hallowed

impressively great in extent, size, or degree

• prodigious

• degenerate

• hallowed

• desolate

(Adj.) having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline.

(Verb) decline or deteriorate physically, mentally, or morally.

(Noun) an immoral or corrupt person.

• degenerate

• hallowed

• desolate

• appalling