Across Five Aprils Vocab

What is the definition of the word abolitionist?

• n. a person who favors the abolition or stopping of any law or practice deemed harmful to society, such as slavery

• n. a person who acts to support legislation and upholding the law

• n. the act of officially ending or stopping something

• n. an anti-slavery movement

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CCSS.RL.7.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Which most closely matches the definition of the word lapse as used in paragraph 1?

• n. a temporary failure of concentration, memory, or judgment.

• v. become invalid because it is not used, claimed, or renewed; expire.

• n. an interval or passage of time

• v. pass gradually into (an inferior state or condition).

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the definition of the word reckoning as used in paragraph 18?

• n. a bill or account, or its settlement.

• n. a person's view, opinion, or judgment.

• v. to accept something as certain

• v. the action or process of calculating or estimating something.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Using your context clues in paragraph 12, what is the definition of the word tariff?

• n. a tax on a foreign product imported into a country

• v. fix the price of (something) according

• n. the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale.

• n. an important person, especially in a particular sphere.

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

What is the meaning of the word tremulous as used in paragraph 13?

• adj. showing that one is nervous or not sure about something; timid or nervous

• adj. very great in amount, scale, or intensity.

• v. to shake or tremble with nerves

• n. trembling associated with anxiety or nervousness

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.4