1. Across Five Aprils Vocabulary

2. BOK
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Chapters 1-3
Aloof- removed or distant either physically or emotionally
Comeuppance- a deserved penalty or punishment
Desolate- miserable; forsaken
Hedge- avoid giving a direct answer; evade the risk of commitment
Secession- formal withdrawal from an organization; withdrawal from the Union by the eleven Southern states that formed the Confederacy
Tumult- mental or emotional agitation

3. Chapters 4-6
Abolitionist- a person in favor of abolishing, or ending slavery
Demotion- a reduction to a lower rank or a grade of lesser importance
Detain- to delay or hold back
Dissipate- to break up and scatter
Forte- one’s strong point
Indistinct- not sharply outlined
Pompous- self-important or arrogant

4. Chapters 7-9 Compassion- concern for another’s distress; pity
Disillusioned- stripped of hopes or optimistic notions
Hoard- to keep (something) to oneself
Inept- lacking in fitness or aptitude
Interminable- having or seeming to have no end
Lurk- to lie in wait in a place
Provoke- to call forth a feeling or an action
Tenacious- determined; unyielding; persistent

5. Chapters 10-12
Bigot- a person stubbornly devoted to his or her own prejudices and opinions
Complicity- participation in a wrongful act
Egotism- an exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit
Gracious- characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
Irreparable- not able to be fixed, repaired, or undone
Siege- a military blockade of a city or fortified place to force its inhabitants to surrender

6. Chapters 1-3
Aloof- removed or distant either physically or emotionally
Comeuppance- a deserved penalty or punishment
Desolate- miserable; forsaken
Hedge- avoid giving a direct answer; evade the risk of commitment
Secession- formal withdrawal from an organization; withdrawal from the Union by the eleven Southern states that formed the Confederacy
Tumult- mental or emotional agitation
Chapters 4-6
Abolitionist- a person in favor of abolishing, or ending slavery
Demotion- a reduction to a lower rank or a grade of lesser importance
Detain- to delay or hold back
Dissipate- to break up and scatter
Forte- one’s strong point
Indistinct- not sharply outlined
Pompous- self-important or arrogant
Chapters 7-9
Compassion- concern for another’s distress; pity
Disillusioned- stripped of hopes or optimistic notions
Hoard- to keep (something) to oneself
Inept- lacking in fitness or aptitude
Interminable- having or seeming to have no end
Lurk- to lie in wait in a place
Provoke- to call forth a feeling or an action
Tenacious- determined; unyielding; persistent
Chapters 10-12
Bigot- a person stubbornly devoted to his or her own prejudices and opinions
Complicity- participation in a wrongful act
Egotism- an exaggerated sense of self-importance; conceit
Gracious- characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit
Irreparable- not able to be fixed, repaired, or undone
Siege- a military blockade of a city or fortified place to force its inhabitants to surrender