the highest class in certain “To meet this threat, the southern societies, especially those aristocracy began immediately to engineer Aristocracy holding hereditary titles or this development of a segregated society.” offices. Teacher’s Input Best Guess Context Clues New Word a small military camp or Outpost And when his undernourished position at some distance children cried out for the from the main force, used necessities that his low wages especially as a guard could not provide, he showed against surprise attack. Oblivion them the Jim Crow signs on the buses and in the stores, on the the state of being unaware streets and in the public buildings. or unconscious of what is And his children, too, learned to happening. feed upon Jim Crow, their last outpost of psychological oblivion.” a false, absurd, or distorted Travesty “We’ve come a long way since representation of that travesty of justice was something. perpetrated upon the American mind. “ make (something, typically Perpetrated an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely. a trace of something that is Vestige “Let us march on segregated disappearing or no longer schools until every vestige of exists. segregated and inferior education becomes a thing of the past.” most noticeable or Salient “Let us march on ballot boxes until important. the salient misdeeds of bloodthirsty mobs will be transformed into the calculated good deeds of ordinary citizens.” leave (a personal estate or “These words I have given you just one's body) to a person or as they were given us by the Bequeathed other beneficiary by a will unknown, long-dead, dark-skinned originator. Some now long black all future generations of bard bequeathed to posterity people. Posterity these words in ungrammatical form, yet with emphatic showing or giving pertinence for all of us today.” Emphatic emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly. Pertinence relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant:
Aristocracy “To meet this threat, the southern aristocracy began immediately to engineer this development of a segregated society.” the highest class in certain societies, especially those holding hereditary titles or offices. New Word Context Clues Best Guess Teacher’s Input Outpost And when his undernourished children cried out for the necessities that his low wages could not provide, he showed them the Jim Crow signs on the buses and in the stores, on the streets and in the public buildings. And his children, too, learned to feed upon Jim Crow, their last outpost of psychological oblivion.” a small military camp or position at some distance from the main force, used especially as a guard against surprise attack. the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening. Oblivion Travesty “We’ve come a long way since that travesty of justice was perpetrated upon the American mind. “ a false, absurd, or distorted representation of something. make (something, typically an undesirable situation or an unfounded belief) continue indefinitely. Perpetrated Vestige “Let us march on segregated schools until every vestige of segregated and inferior education becomes a thing of the past.” a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists. Salient “Let us march on ballot boxes until the salient misdeeds of bloodthirsty mobs will be transformed into the calculated good deeds of ordinary citizens.” most noticeable or important. Bequeathed “These words I have given you just as they were given us by the unknown, long-dead, dark-skinned originator. Some now long black bard bequeathed to posterity these words in ungrammatical form, yet with emphatic pertinence for all of us today.” leave (a personal estate or one's body) to a person or other beneficiary by a will all future generations of people. showing or giving emphasis; expressing something forcibly and clearly. relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: Posterity Emphatic Pertinence
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