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Chasing Lincoln’s KillerVocabularySlide2
PrologueInauguration (n) 1 –
Fervently (adj) 2 –Scourge (v) 2 –Malice (n) 2 –
Bind (v) 2 –Adversary (n) 7 –Illuminate (v) 7 –
A ceremonial induction into office
Exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
Whip; punishment
Desire to cause pain
To wrap together
Opponent
To lightSlide3
Chapter 1Confederacy (n) 9–
Tyrant (n) 9–Vain (adj) 10–Proprietors (n) 11 –
Partition (n) 11–Precede (v) 13 –Presided (v) 22 –
A group of 11 South States during the Civil War.
A ruler who exercises absolute power
through strength
Having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance. Conceited
Owner
Divider
To be earlier than
To guide, direct, or controlSlide4
Chapter 1 ContinuedHarebrained (
adj) 22 – Conspirator (n) 23 - Ambush (v) 24 -
Implicated (v) 27 - Reluctance (n) 28 - Quirks (n) 29 – Accompaniment (n) 31 – Solemn (
adj
) 31 -
Foolish, flighty
Someone who acts with together
To take by surprise
Involved
Hesitation
A peculiar trait
An addition to make complete
Sad, gloomy. Marked by grief.Slide5
Chapter 2Dialogue (n) 33 –
Vestibule (n) 35 – Avenged (v) 43 –
Assassin (n) 45 –
Discussion between two or more people.
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.Slide6
Chapter 3Henchmen (n) 47 –
Brute (adj) 48 –
Deception (n) 48 – Agonized (v) 55 –
A trusted follower
Purely physical
Trickery
PainfulSlide7
Chapter 4Vengeance (n) 66 –
Menacing (adj) 66 –
Coagulated (adj) 68 – Mortal (
adj
) 69 –
Accomplice (n) 70 –
Punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense
Display of intention to harm
to gather together or form into a mass or group
Causing death.
Partner.Slide8
Chapter 4 Continued
Endure (v) 73 – Secessionist (n) 75 – Boardinghouse (n) 77 –
Bewildered (adj) 76 –
to undergo (as a hardship); suffer
o
ne
who secedes (leaves) the Union.
a lodging house at which meals are provided.
confusedSlide9
Chapter 5Regiment (n) 78 –
Cavalry (n) 78 –Inferno (n) 79 –
Epidemic (n) 80 –Mayhem (n) 81 –
A military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
An army component mounted on horseback
A great fire
An outbreak of sudden rapid growth or spreading
Craziness. Chaos.Slide10
Chapter 5 Cont.
Ascending (v) 83 –Impulsive (adj) 84 –
Grotesque (adj) 86 – Catastrophic (
adj
) 87 –
Rising
Act without thought
Gross, ugly
Disastrous, tragicSlide11
Chapter 6Inevitable (
adj) 101 –Deterioration (n) 101 –
Circumstance (n) 107 – Eluded (v) 107 -
Expected
Worsening condition
Situation
To avoidSlide12
Chapter 6 Cont.
Sheath (n) 108 – Collateral (n) 109 – Martyred (
adj) 109 – Distress (n) 112 -
A case or covering for a knife
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 Slide13
Chapter 7
Salvation (n) 116 – Bonds (n) 119 – Thicket (n) 120 –
Fugitives (n) 120 – Confided (v) 121 – Carbine (n) 127 –
Deliverance from the power and effects of sin.
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 Slide14
Chapter 8
Maniac (n) 133 – Interrogator (n) 133 –
Tribunal (n) 136 –
Madman; lunatic
A person who questions or seeks answers for information
A
court or
place of justiceSlide15
Chapter 9
Jeopardize (v) 137 – Crepe (n) 140 – Profoundly (
adj) 141 – Spectacle (n) 141 –
To expose to danger or risk
A light crinkled fabric woven of any of various fibers
Characterized by intensity of feeling or quality
An eye-catching or dramatic public display Slide16
Chapter 10Sanctuary (n) 144 –
Emitted (v) 144 – Bow (n) 146 –
Vulnerable (adj) 149 – Tarried (v) 150 –
Safe place
To give off or release
Front area of a boat.
Weak, in a state of danger
Delay or put offSlide17
Chapter 11
Disembarked (v) 151 – Pungent (adj) 152 –
Chiding (v) 153 – Comrades (n) 155 –
Deceitful (
adj
) 156 –
Come ashore.
Strong sense of fowl smelling
To voice disapproval or speak out against.
A fellow soldier
Dishonest; untrustworthySlide18
Chapter 11 Cont.
Egotistical (adj) 156 – Relished (v) 158 –
Dismay (n) 160 – Agitation (n) 162 –
Treachery (n) 163 –
Self-centered
Take pleasure in something
Shock; disbelief.
A state of irritation. Annoyance. Frustration
Betrayal; Disloyal Slide19
Chapter 11 Cont.
Proprietor (n) 164 – Ultimatum (n) 167 –
Scaffold (v) 171 – Lapsed (v) 176 –
Owner, manager
A challenge.
A platform on which a criminal is executed
To go from one to state to anotherSlide20
Chapter 12
Inquest (n) 180 –Penitentiary (n) 181 –
Investigation
Prison or jailSlide21
Chapter 13
Notoriety (n) 186 –
Well known.Slide22
Chapter 14
Climactic (adj) 187 –
Conviction (n) 187 –
Relating to the most important part of an event.
The act of finding a person guilty of a crime.