"Letter from Birmingham Jail" Words 16-30

agitator

a political troublemaker

manifest

reveal its presence or make an appearance

Zeitgeist

the spirit of the time

latent

not presently active

languish

experience prolonged suffering in an unpleasant situation or place

admonish

counsel in terms of someone's behavior

pious

having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity

sanctimonious

excessively or hypocritically pious

nullification

doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize a federal law

laxity

an absence of rigor or strictness

nonconformist

someone who refuses to conform to standards of conduct

mores

the conventions embodying the fundamental values of a group

inextricably

in a manner incapable of being disentangled or untied

profundity

intellectual depth; penetrating knowledge

scintillating

having brief brilliant points or flashes of light