SAT: Lions of Little Rock

halcyon

calm, peaceful

onerous

burdensome; involving hardship or difficulty

impugn

to call into question; to attack verbally

Integration

the act of uniting or bringing together, especially people of different races

exhort

to urge strongly

squalid

filthy, wretched, debased

deleterious

causing harm or damage

salutary

producing good effects; beneficial

commiserate

to sympathize with, have pity or sorrow for, share a feeling of distress

placate

to appease, soothe, pacify

bolster

to support or strengthen

quandary

a puzzling situation; a dilemma

exacerbate

to make worse or more severe

repudiation

rejection of a proposal or idea

fatalistic

believing that all events in life are inevitable and determined by fate

acrimonious

angry and bitter

alacrity

brisk and cheerful readiness

aplomb

poise, assurance, great self-confidence

dissemination

the act of spreading something, especially information, widely; circulation

heretical

holding an opinion at odds with what is generally accepted