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Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Vocabulary

Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Vocabulary. Prologue. A ceremonial induction into office. Inauguration (n) 1 – Fervently ( adj ) 2 – Scourge (v) 2 – Malice (n) 2 – Bind (v) 2 – Adversary (n) 7 – Illuminate (v) 7 –. Exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling. Whip; punishment.

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Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Vocabulary

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  1. Chasing Lincoln’s KillerVocabulary

  2. Prologue A ceremonial induction into office • Inauguration (n) 1 – • Fervently (adj) 2 – • Scourge (v) 2 – • Malice (n) 2 – • Bind (v) 2 – • Adversary (n) 7 – • Illuminate (v) 7 – Exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling Whip; punishment Desire to cause pain To wrap together Opponent To light

  3. Chapter 1 A group of 11 South States during the Civil War. • Confederacy (n) 9– • Tyrant (n) 9– • Vain (adj) 10– • Proprietors (n) 11 – • Partition (n) 11– • Precede (v) 13 – • Presided (v) 22 – A ruler who exercises absolute powerthrough strength Having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance. Conceited Owner Divider To be earlier than To guide, direct, or control

  4. Chapter 1 Continued Foolish, flighty • Harebrained (adj) 22 – • Conspirator (n) 23 - • Ambush (v) 24 - • Implicated (v) 27 - • Reluctance (n) 28 - • Quirks (n) 29 – • Accompaniment (n) 31 – • Solemn (adj) 31 - Someone who acts with together To take by surprise Involved Hesitation A peculiar trait An addition to make complete Sad, gloomy. Marked by grief.

  5. Chapter 2 Discussion between two or more people. • Dialogue (n) 33 – • Vestibule (n) 35 – • Avenged (v) 43 – • Assassin (n) 45 – A passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior to take satisfaction for (a wrong) by punishing the wrongdoer A person who commits murder.

  6. Chapter 3 A trusted follower • Henchmen (n) 47 – • Brute (adj) 48 – • Deception (n) 48 – • Agonized (v) 55 – Purely physical Trickery Painful

  7. Chapter 4 Punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense • Vengeance (n) 66 – • Menacing (adj) 66 – • Coagulated (adj) 68 – • Mortal (adj) 69 – • Accomplice (n) 70 – Display of intention to harm to gather together or form into a mass or group Causing death. Partner.

  8. Chapter 4 Continued to undergo (as a hardship); suffer • Endure (v) 73 – • Secessionist (n) 75 – • Boardinghouse (n) 77 – • Bewildered (adj) 76 – one who secedes (leaves) the Union. a lodging house at which meals are provided. confused

  9. Chapter 5 A military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions • Regiment (n) 78 – • Cavalry (n) 78 – • Inferno (n) 79 – • Epidemic (n) 80 – • Mayhem (n) 81 – An army component mounted on horseback A great fire An outbreak of sudden rapid growth or spreading Craziness. Chaos.

  10. Chapter 5 Cont. Rising • Ascending (v) 83 – • Impulsive (adj) 84 – • Grotesque (adj) 86 – • Catastrophic (adj) 87 – Act without thought Gross, ugly Disastrous, tragic

  11. Chapter 6 Expected • Inevitable (adj) 101 – • Deterioration (n) 101 – • Circumstance (n) 107 – • Eluded (v) 107 - Worsening condition Situation To avoid

  12. Chapter 6 Cont. A case or covering for a knife • Sheath (n) 108 – • Collateral (n) 109 – • Martyred (adj) 109 – • Distress (n) 112 - Property given in exchange for other goods or items gained. Put to death for adhering to a belief, faith, or profession A state of danger or desperate need

  13. Chapter 7 Deliverance from the power and effects of sin. • Salvation (n) 116 – • Bonds (n) 119 – • Thicket (n) 120 – • Fugitives (n) 120 – • Confided (v) 121 – • Carbine (n) 127 – An investment that earns money A dense growth of shrubbery Criminals avoiding capture To show trust in one A short-barreled lightweight firearm originally used by cavalry

  14. Chapter 8 Madman; lunatic Maniac (n) 133 – Interrogator (n) 133 – Tribunal (n) 136 – A person who questions or seeks answers for information A court or place of justice

  15. Chapter 9 To expose to danger or risk Jeopardize (v) 137 – Crepe (n) 140 – Profoundly (adj) 141 – Spectacle (n) 141 – A light crinkled fabric woven of any of various fibers Characterized by intensity of feeling or quality An eye-catching or dramatic public display

  16. Chapter 10 Safe place • Sanctuary (n) 144 – • Emitted (v) 144 – • Bow (n) 146 – • Vulnerable (adj) 149 – • Tarried (v) 150 – To give off or release Front area of a boat. Weak, in a state of danger Delay or put off

  17. Chapter 11 Come ashore. Disembarked (v) 151 – Pungent (adj) 152 – Chiding (v) 153 – Comrades (n) 155 – Deceitful (adj) 156 – Strong sense of fowl smelling To voice disapproval or speak out against. A fellow soldier Dishonest; untrustworthy

  18. Chapter 11 Cont. Self-centered Egotistical (adj) 156 – Relished (v) 158 – Dismay (n) 160 – Agitation (n) 162 – Treachery (n) 163 – Take pleasure in something Shock; disbelief. A state of irritation. Annoyance. Frustration Betrayal; Disloyal

  19. Chapter 11 Cont. Owner, manager Proprietor (n) 164 – Ultimatum (n) 167 – Scaffold (v) 171 – Lapsed (v) 176 – A challenge. A platform on which a criminal is executed To go from one to state to another

  20. Chapter 12 Investigation Inquest (n) 180 – Penitentiary (n) 181 – Prison or jail

  21. Chapter 13 Well known. Notoriety (n) 186 –

  22. Chapter 14 Relating to the most important part of an event. Climactic (adj) 187 – Conviction (n) 187 – The act of finding a person guilty of a crime.

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