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  1. Negro spiritual
    a kind of religious song originated by Blacks in the southern United States
    And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"
  2. swelter
    be uncomfortably hot
    This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
  3. bad check
    a check that is dishonored on presentation because of insufficient funds
    Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, a check which has come back marked "insufficient funds."
  4. curvaceous
    (of a woman's body) having a large bosom and pleasing curves
    Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!
  5. tranquilize
    make calm or still
    This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
  6. tranquilizing
    tending to soothe or tranquilize
    This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.
  7. civil right
    right belonging to a person by reason of citizenship
    There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, "When will you be satisfied?"
  8. hew out
    make or shape as with an axe
    With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
  9. promissory note
    a promise to pay a specified amount on demand or at a certain time
    When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
  10. manacle
    shackle that can be locked around the wrist
    One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
  11. slave owner
    someone who holds slaves
    I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
  12. beacon light
    a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
    This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
  13. Alleghenies
    the western part of the Appalachian Mountains
    Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
  14. sweltering
    excessively hot and humid; marked by sweating and faintness
    This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
  15. molehill
    a mound of earth made by moles while burrowing
    Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi.
  16. promissory
    relating to a verbal commitment by one person to another
    When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.
  17. unalienable
    incapable of being repudiated or transferred to another
    This note was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
  18. redemptive
    preserving someone from some evil or error
    Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
  19. Negro
    a person with dark skin who comes from Africa
    This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
  20. blow off
    come off due to an explosion or other strong force
    Those who hope that the Negro needed to blow off steam and will now be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual.
  21. mountainside
    the side or slope of a mountain
    Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."
  22. default on
    fail to pay up
    It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.
  23. insofar
    to the degree or extent that
    It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.
  24. invigorate
    give life or energy to
    This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality.
  25. dramatize
    put into a form intended for performance
    So we have come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.
  26. jangle
    make a sound typical of metallic objects
    With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
  27. roll down
    gather into a huge mass and roll down a mountain, of snow
    No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
  28. militancy
    a combative aggressiveness
    The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.
  29. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
    We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now.
  30. sear
    become superficially burned (also figurative)
    This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.
  31. wrongful
    not just or fair
    In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.
  32. engulf
    flow over or cover completely
    The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny.
  33. Allegheny
    a river that rises in Pennsylvania and flows north into New York and then back south through Pennsylvania again to join the Monongahela River at Pittsburgh which is the beginning of the Ohio River
    Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
  34. heightening
    reaching a higher intensity
    Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!
  35. unearned
    not gained by merit or labor or service
    Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive.
  36. nullification
    counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something
    I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
  37. ghetto
    a poor densely populated city district
    We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.
  38. segregation
    the act of keeping apart
    One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
  39. tranquility
    an untroubled state that is free from disturbances
    There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights.
  40. jangling
    like the discordant ringing of nonmusical metallic objects striking together
    With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
  41. satisfy
    meet the requirements or expectations of
    Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.
  42. motel
    a motor hotel
    We can never be satisfied, as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.
  43. freedom
    the power to act, speak, or think without being controlled
    I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
  44. wallow
    roll around
    Let us not wallow in the valley of despair.
  45. sixty-three
    being three more than sixty
    Nineteen sixty-three is not an end, but a beginning.
  46. inextricably
    in a manner incapable of being disentangled or untied
    They have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.
Created on 二月 6, 2013

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