Collection 3: On the Vietnam War, 1967

As you read Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech "On the Vietnam War, 1967," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 12's Collection 3: On the Vietnam War, 1967, The Crisis, Civil Disobedience, The Clan of One-Breasted Women, A Modest Proposal, Imagine the Angels of Bread
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  1. facile
    expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively
  2. poverty
    the state of having little or no money and possessions
  3. eviscerate
    take away a vital or essential part of
  4. Molotov cocktail
    a crude incendiary bomb made of a bottle filled with flammable liquid and fitted with a rag wick
  5. Nobel prize
    an annual award for outstanding contributions to chemistry or physics or physiology and medicine or literature or economics or peace
  6. revolutionary
    a radical supporter of political or social change
  7. Montgomery
    the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River
  8. indigenous
    originating where it is found
  9. premier
    the person who is head of state
  10. extortionist
    a criminal who extorts money from someone by threatening to expose embarrassing information about them
  11. insurgency
    an organized rebellion aimed at overthrowing a government
  12. reparation
    compensation exacted from a defeated nation by the victors
  13. conscientious objector
    one who refuses to serve in the army on moral grounds
  14. good Samaritan
    a person who voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble
  15. napalm
    gasoline jelled with aluminum soaps for use in bombs
  16. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  17. exalt
    raise in rank, character, or status
  18. Nietzsche
    influential German philosopher remembered for his concept of the superman and for his rejection of Christian values; considered, along with Kierkegaard, to be a founder of existentialism (1844-1900)
  19. adamant
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  20. Omar Khayyam
    Persian poet and mathematician and astronomer whose poetry was popularized by Edward Fitzgerald's translation (1050-1123)
Created on Thu Jul 10 10:49:42 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 10 13:30:19 EDT 2014)

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