Collection 1: The Gettysburg Address

As you read Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 9's Collection 1: A Quilt of a Country, Once Upon a Time, Rituals of Memory, The Gettysburg Address
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  1. conceive
    have the idea for
  2. endure
    continue to live through hardship or adversity
  3. dedicate
    set apart to sacred uses with solemn rites, of a church
  4. consecrate
    render holy by means of religious rites
  5. hallow
    render holy by means of religious rites
  6. detract
    take away a part from; diminish
  7. devotion
    commitment to some purpose
  8. resolve
    reach a decision
  9. vain
    unproductive of success
  10. perish
    pass from physical life
Created on Sat Jun 28 01:10:59 EDT 2014 (updated Sat Jun 28 09:56:48 EDT 2014)

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