"Speeches on the Little Rock Nine"

Learn these words from Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bill Clinton (Inside: Level C, Unit 3).

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  1. leadership
    the ability to take charge
  2. demagogue
    a leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions
  3. extremist
    a person who holds radical views
  4. deliberately
    with intention; in an intentional manner
  5. segregation
    a social system with separate facilities for minority groups
  6. peace
    harmonious relations
  7. accordance
    concurrence or agreement of opinion
  8. facility
    a building or place that provides a particular service
  9. compulsory
    required by rule
  10. equality
    the quality of being the same in quantity, value, or status
  11. notwithstanding
    despite anything to the contrary
  12. cynic
    someone who is critical of the motives of others
  13. redeem
    turn in and receive something in exchange
  14. affair
    a matter or concern
  15. reconcile
    come to terms
Created on August 4, 2016 (updated August 17, 2016)

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