MLK Vocab

affiliate

e associated in a dependent or subordinate position

cognizant

having special or certain knowledge often from firsthand sources

deplore

to feel or express grief for; consider worthy of deprecation

moratorium

a suspension of activity, a delay

gadfly

a usually annoying person who stimulates or provokes or provokes others with annoying questions or criticism

conniving

conspiring, plotting

precipitate

to bring about abruptly

vitriol

something written or spoken regarded as harsh and burning; former name for sulphuric acid

stagnation

staying still, not flowing, not changing (from stagnum, lake, pond)

complacent

self-satisfied, unconcerned

perilous

dangerous

repudiate

to separate from, to renounce utterly

Zeitgeist

(German: “spirit of the time”) the general intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of an era

latent

lying hidden

ominous

foreboding or foreshadowing evil (from omen)

tortuous

marked by repeated twists, turns, and bends

leaven

something that lightens or causes to rise (e.g., like yeast in dough)

sublime

lofty, grand, or exalted in thought, expression, or manner

provincial

(adj) having a narrow, unsophisticated outlook

gainsay

(v) deny

fetter

(n) chain

corrode

(v.) to eat away, gnaw

reiterate

(v) repeat