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Read the excerpt from Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I Have a Dream” speech.

The Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. And so we've come here today to dramatize a shameful condition.

The emotional connotation of the underlined word helps King express his

indecision.
outrage.

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outrage.

"Languished" has a strong emotional, negative connotation of prolonged suffering and neglect, which conveys indignation at injustice rather than uncertainty or indecision.