I Have a Dream Vocab Words

Affliction (noun)

A cause of great suffering or distress

Affliction root

FLICT - strike

Languish (verb)

Experience prolonged suffering

Civil (adj)

Occurring within state or among citizens

Default (verb)

To lose something from failure to pay in debt (verb)

Testify (verb)

Provide evidence for

Manuscript (noun)

Handwritten book or document

Hallowed (adj)

Something sacred, holy, or revered (adj)

Appalling (adj)

Greatly dismay or horrify

Prosperity (noun)

The state of being wealthy

Militancy (noun)

Combative aggressiveness

Desolate (adj)

Crushed by grief

Manacles (noun)

A metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles.

Civil root

CIV - citizen

Manuscript root

SCRIPT/SCRIB - write

Testify root

TEST - to bear witness