WorksheetsVocabulary for "I Have a Dream" speech
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 11mins
Bankrupt
certainly; surely; with firm belief
to thrive, to grow well, blossom
unable to pay debts
to fail to meet an obligation, especially a financial one
Defaulted
to fail to meet an obligation, especially a financial one
unable to pay debts
to break down; to deteriorate
Unhappy; displeased; miserable.
Manacles
achieving wealth or financial success
to fail to keep a promise to repay a loan
chains to bind someone’s hands or ankles
to suffer from being forced to stay in an unpleasant situation
Languish
to decline morally
to fail to keep a promise to repay a loan
to suffer from being forced to stay in an unpleasant situation
unhappy; lonely
Inextricably
in a way that’s impossible to untangle
to tangle in knots
a light that serves as a guide
causing freedom or salvation
to shrivel; fade; decay
withering
insufficient
persecution
prosperity
The act of treating people cruelly because of their religion or beliefs
persecution
hallowed
languished
five score
Great in quantity, size, or extent
withering
manacles
prodigious
vast
Reasonable; able to be defended by logic
beacon
legitimate
insufficient
inextricably
Inseparable; impossible to disentangled
manacles
prodigious
gradualism
inextricably
regarded as holy; venerated; sacred
hallowed
manacles
inextricably
insufficient
Prosperity
to fail to keep a promise to repay a loan
to suffer from being forced to stay in an unpleasant situation
to fail to keep a promise to repay a loan
achieving wealth or financial success
Degenerate
a person who isn’t Jewish
to decline morally
in a way that’s impossible to untangle
causing freedom or salvation
exile
extreme tiredness
taking slow, measured action
to banish or send away
What does RIGHTEOUSNESS mean?
the quality of being morally right or justifiable
deserted of people and in a state of bleak and dismal emptiness
fail to fulfill an obligation, especially to repay a loan or to appear in a court of law
acting to save someone from error or evil
What does DISCORDS mean?
disagreement; difference of opinion
uncomfortably hot
a cause of great trouble or suffering
interference or intervention
Segregation means...
a poor densely populated city district
the act of keeping apart
shackle that can be locked around the wrist
imparting strength and vitality
Fill in the blank... "I have a dream that one day event he state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of ________________________ , will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
prosperity
redemptive
oppression
tribulations
Tribulations means
elevated
redemptive
great trouble or misery
prosperity
I have a dream that every valley shall be ______________, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight."
hallowed
tribulations
exalted
oppression
to shrivel; fade; decay
withering
insufficient
persecution
prosperity
a political idea that an individual enters into society with certain basic rights and that no government can deny these rights
Inalienable Rights
Bill of Rights
Constitution
Limited Government
Unfair treatment based on a prejudice
steerage
discrimination
amnesty
conspiracy
