Across Five Aprils

Ch. 10 - 12 Vocabulary

throesA hard or painful struggle

amnestyA decision that a group of people will not be punished or that a group of prisoners will be allowed to go free Across Five Aprils, p.165

In December Abraham Lincolnissued a proclamation of amnesty, in which hepromised pardon and full rights to any individual Confederate who would swear to protect the Constitution and the Union of the states, to abide by the government’s pronouncements against slavery

errTo make a mistake

irreparableNot capable of being repaired or regained

complicityThe fact that someone is involved in or knows about something bad that happens

siegeAn attack in which an army surrounds a castle or city in order to take control of it

The quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

atrocities

13th AmendmentForbids slavery and forced labor

bigotA person who strongly or unfairly dislikes other people whose ideas or beliefs are different from his or her own

egotismThe practice of talking about oneself too much; an overly high opinion of one’s importance

clemencyA decision not to punish someone severely Across Five Aprils, p.165

This vindictiveness was urged on by men in high places who resented the President’s spirit of clemency as violently as they resented the tenacity of the South.

gauntVery thin, usually because you are sick, tired, or worried

What we know best of Abraham Lincoln is his face. Gaunt and furrowed, with hollow cheeks, dark, shadowed eyes and a cowlick in his hair, as if he didn’t quite know what to do with a comb.

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