Final: Just Mercy + Letter from Birmingham Jail Vocab

Substantive

Having real importance or value (Adjective, meaningful)

Exculpate

To show or declare that someone is not guilty of wrongdoing (Verb, acquit)

Contentious

Inclined or showing an inclination to disagree or dispute (Adjective, argumentative)

Vindicate

To free from allegation or blame, to avenge (Verb, absolve)

Adamant

Refusing to be persuaded or change one’s mind, Unshakable, especially in maintaining a position or opinion (adjective, hard nosed, inflexible)

Pervade

To become diffused throughout every part, To be present and apparent throughout (verb, riddle)

Ominous

Being or exhibiting an omen, foreboding or foreshadowing evil (adjective, threatening)

Punitive

Inflicting or intending as punishment, disciplinary

Divisive

Tending to cause disagreement or hostility between people, isolating

Litigation

The process of taking legal action, lawsuit

Ambivalence

Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone, conflicted

Plight

An unfortunate, difficult, or precarious situation, trouble, difficulty

Deplore

To hate something, detest

Lament

To express sorrow or regret, grieve

Paradox

Something that feels impossible or contradictory but might be true, conflict

Complacency

A feeling of being satisfied with how things are and not wanting to change them, even if they should be, pride

Repudiate

To refuse to accept or be associated with something, reject, abandon

Admonish

To gently scold or advise someone about their behavior, scold, lecture