1. Chasing Lincoln’s Killer Vocabulary

2. Prologue Inauguration (n) 1 – Fervently (adj) 2 – Scourge (v) 2 –
Malice (n) 2 –
Bind (v) 2 –
Adversary (n) 7 –
Illuminate (v) 7 –
A ceremonial induction into office
Exhibiting or marked by great intensity of feeling
Whip; punishment
Desire to cause pain
To wrap together
Opponent
To light

3. Chapter 1 Confederacy (n) 9– Tyrant (n) 9– Vain (adj) 10–
A group of 11 South States during the Civil War.
Confederacy (n) 9–
Tyrant (n) 9–
Vain (adj) 10–
Proprietors (n) 11 –
Partition (n) 11–
Precede (v) 13 –
Presided (v) 22 –
A ruler who exercises absolute power through strength
Having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance. Conceited
Owner
Divider
To be earlier than
To guide, direct, or control

4. Chapter 1 Continued Harebrained (adj) 22 – Conspirator (n) 23 -
Ambush (v) 24 -
Implicated (v) 27 -
Reluctance (n) 28 -
Quirks (n) 29 –
Accompaniment (n) 31 –
Solemn (adj) 31 -
Foolish, flighty
Someone who acts with together
To take by surprise
Involved
Hesitation
A peculiar trait
An addition to make complete
Sad, gloomy. Marked by grief.

5. Chapter 2 Dialogue (n) 33 – Vestibule (n) 35 – Avenged (v) 43 –
Assassin (n) 45 –
Discussion between two or more people.
A passage, hall, or room between the outer door and the interior
to take satisfaction for (a wrong) by punishing the wrongdoer
A person who commits murder.

6. Chapter 3 Henchmen (n) 47 – Brute (adj) 48 – Deception (n) 48 –
Agonized (v) 55 –
A trusted follower
Purely physical
Trickery
Painful

7. Chapter 4 Vengeance (n) 66 – Menacing (adj) 66 – Coagulated (adj) 68 –
Mortal (adj) 69 –
Accomplice (n) 70 –
Punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense
Display of intention to harm
to gather together or form into a mass or group
Causing death.
Partner.

8. Chapter 4 Continued Endure (v) 73 – Secessionist (n) 75 –
Boardinghouse (n) 77 –
Bewildered (adj) 76 –
to undergo (as a hardship); suffer
one who secedes (leaves) the Union.
a lodging house at which meals are provided.
confused

9. Chapter 5 Regiment (n) 78 – Cavalry (n) 78 – Inferno (n) 79 –
Epidemic (n) 80 –
Mayhem (n) 81 –
A military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions
An army component mounted on horseback
A great fire
An outbreak of sudden rapid growth or spreading
Craziness. Chaos.

10. Chapter 5 Cont. Ascending (v) 83 – Impulsive (adj) 84 –
Grotesque (adj) 86 –
Catastrophic (adj) 87 –
Rising
Act without thought
Gross, ugly
Disastrous, tragic

11. Chapter 6 Inevitable (adj) 101 – Deterioration (n) 101 –
Circumstance (n) 107 –
Eluded (v) 107 -
Expected
Worsening condition
Situation
To avoid

12. Chapter 6 Cont. Sheath (n) 108 – Collateral (n) 109 –
Martyred (adj) 109 –
Distress (n) 112 -
A case or covering for a knife
Property given in exchange for other goods or items gained.
Put to death for adhering to a belief, faith, or profession
A state of danger or desperate need

13. Chapter 7 Salvation (n) 116 – Bonds (n) 119 – Thicket (n) 120 –
Fugitives (n) 120 –
Confided (v) 121 –
Carbine (n) 127 –
Deliverance from the power and effects of sin.
An investment that earns money
A dense growth of shrubbery
Criminals avoiding capture
To show trust in one
A short-barreled lightweight firearm originally used by cavalry

14. Chapter 8 Maniac (n) 133 – Interrogator (n) 133 – Tribunal (n) 136 –
Madman; lunatic
A person who questions or seeks answers for information
A court or place of justice

15. Chapter 9 Jeopardize (v) 137 – Crepe (n) 140 – Profoundly (adj) 141 –
Spectacle (n) 141 –
To expose to danger or risk
A light crinkled fabric woven of any of various fibers
Characterized by intensity of feeling or quality
An eye-catching or dramatic public display

16. Chapter 10 Sanctuary (n) 144 – Emitted (v) 144 – Bow (n) 146 –
Vulnerable (adj) 149 –
Tarried (v) 150 –
Safe place
To give off or release
Front area of a boat.
Weak, in a state of danger
Delay or put off

17. Chapter 11 Disembarked (v) 151 – Pungent (adj) 152 – Chiding (v) 153 –
Comrades (n) 155 –
Deceitful (adj) 156 –
Come ashore.
Strong sense of fowl smelling
To voice disapproval or speak out against.
A fellow soldier
Dishonest; untrustworthy

18. Chapter 11 Cont. Egotistical (adj) 156 – Relished (v) 158 –
Dismay (n) 160 –
Agitation (n) 162 –
Treachery (n) 163 –
Self-centered
Take pleasure in something
Shock; disbelief.
A state of irritation. Annoyance. Frustration
Betrayal; Disloyal

19. Chapter 11 Cont. Proprietor (n) 164 – Ultimatum (n) 167 –
Scaffold (v) 171 –
Lapsed (v) 176 –
Owner, manager
A challenge.
A platform on which a criminal is executed
To go from one to state to another

20. Chapter 12 Inquest (n) 180 – Penitentiary (n) 181 – Investigation
Prison or jail

21. Chapter 13
Notoriety (n) 186 –
Well known.

22. Chapter 14 Climactic (adj) 187 – Conviction (n) 187 –
Relating to the most important part of an event.
The act of finding a person guilty of a crime.