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.