Across Five Aprils

Chapter 2 Vocabulary

secesh

• “Will Kaintuck go secesh, Wilse?” Matthew Creighton asked finally.

secesh pg. 28

• se cesh

• Slang for secession - withdrawing formally from something, like a country

secesh

• “Will Kaintuck go secesh, Wilse?” Matthew Creighton asked finally.

arrogant

• The North has become arrogant toward the South.

• Most people will not want to be your friend if you act arrogant.

• The man is arrogant and opinionated and I don’t like him.

arrogant pg. 29

• ar ro gant

• Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities

• full of oneself

arrogant

• The North has become arrogant toward the South.

• Most people will not want to be your friend if you act arrogant.

• The man is arrogant and opinionated and I don’t like him.

tremulous

• While I was giving my presentation to the class, I noticed that my voice was very tremulous because I was nervous.

• I think my voice might be a little tremulous when I say “I do” at my wedding.

• When she stood up to her father, her voice was tremulous.

tremulous pg. 29

• trem u lous

• Shaking or quivering slightly.

• shaky

tremulous

• While I was giving my presentation to the class, I noticed that my voice was very tremulous because I was nervous.

• I think my voice might be a little tremulous when I say “I do” at my wedding.

• When she stood up to her father, her voice was tremulous.

abolitionist

• After the Civil War, would even abolitionists be willing to accept ex slaves into their communities?

• Abolitionists tend to stick together, even today, as they attempt to ban what they are not in favor of.

abolitionist pg. 30

• ab o li tion ist

• A person who favors abolishing or getting rid of a practice like capital punishment or slavery

abolitionist

• After the Civil War, would even abolitionists be willing to accept ex slaves into their communities?

• Abolitionists tend to stick together, even today, as they attempt to ban what they are not in favor of.

Mason - Dixon Line

• During the Civil War, I would not have wanted to live on the Mason - Dixon Line.

• Was slavery any less frequent above or below the Mason - Dixon Line?

• I wonder if any battles were fought on the Mason - Dixon Line.

Mason - Dixon Line pg. 31

• the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, taken as the northern limit of the slave-owning states before the abolition of slavery.

Mason - Dixon Line

• During the Civil War, I would not have wanted to live on the Mason - Dixon Line.

• Was slavery any less frequent above or below the Mason - Dixon Line?

• I wonder if any battles were fought on the Mason - Dixon Line.

tumult

• As he watched the fight between his parents, Joe felt as if he were bursting with tumult inside.

• The whole neighborhood was in a state of fear and tumult after there had been three robberies in two nights.

tumult pg. 31

• tu mult

• Confusion or disorder

• chaos

tumult

• As he watched the fight between his parents, Joe felt as if he were bursting with tumult inside.

• The whole neighborhood was in a state of fear and tumult after there had been three robberies in two nights.

vehement

• Ms. Dunlap is vehement in her thought that reading is important for everyone to learn to do.

• Although his voice was low, after disciplining the student, Mr. Camaratta’s voice was vehement.

• She was vehement in her request for food for the canned food drive because she had been homeless for a while, too.

vehement pg. 32

• ve he ment

• Forceful or intense

• forceful

vehement

• Ms. Dunlap is vehement in her thought that reading is important for everyone to learn to do.

• Although his voice was low, after disciplining the student, Mr. Camaratta’s voice was vehement.

• She was vehement in her request for food for the canned food drive because she had been homeless for a while, too.

constrained

• After a heated debate, the conversation might become constrained while everyone cooled off.

• As a student, you might feel constrained by teachers, your parents and tight schedules, but you do have some choices in your life.

• I had to constrain the dog so he wouldn’t bite the little girl.

constrained pg. 33

• con strain ed

• Restricted

constrained

• After a heated debate, the conversation might become constrained while everyone cooled off.

• As a student, you might feel constrained by teachers, your parents and tight schedules, but you do have some choices in your life.

• I had to constrain the dog so he wouldn’t bite the little girl.

seething

• The grey ocean seethed in the storm.

• Inwardly, the bully was seething because the nerd stood up to him.

• Although some people might be seething about having to help their mom plant potatoes, Jethro was joking instead.

seething pg. 33

• seeth ing

• Filled with intense but unexpressed anger

• angry

seething

• The grey ocean seethed in the storm.

• Inwardly, the bully was seething because the nerd stood up to him.

• Although some people might be seething about having to help their mom plant potatoes, Jethro was joking instead.