MLK Words AP LANG

Forbearance

good-natured tolerance of delay or incompetence

Sanction

official permission or approval

Provincial

Lacking sophistication or worldliness

gainsay

take exception to

moratorium

suspension of an ongoing activity

nonviolence

peaceful resistance to government

gadfly

a persistently annoying person

segregationist

someone who believes the races should be kept apart

relegagte

assign to a lower position

existential

relating to or dealing with the state of being

sublime

of high moral or intellectual value

precipitate

bring about abruptly

complacency

the feeling you have when you are satisfied when yourself

repudiate

reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust

incorrigible

impervious to correction by punishment