Across Five Aprils

1. Across Five Aprils Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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

3. secesh pg. 28 • se cesh • Slang for secession - withdrawing formally from something, like a country

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

5. 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.

6. arrogant pg. 29 • ar ro gant • Having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one’s own importance or abilities • full of oneself

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. tremulous pg. 29 • trem u lous • Shaking or quivering slightly. • shaky

10. 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.

11. 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.

12. abolitionist pg. 30 • ab o li tion ist • A person who favors abolishing or getting rid of a practice like capital punishment or slavery

13. 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.

14. 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.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. tumult pg. 31 • tu mult • Confusion or disorder • chaos

19. 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.

20. 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.

21. vehement pg. 32 • ve he ment • Forceful or intense • forceful

22. 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.

23. 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.

24. constrained pg. 33 • con strain ed • Restricted

25. 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.

26. 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.

27. seething pg. 33 • seeth ing • Filled with intense but unexpressed anger • angry

28. 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.