Collection 4: What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July

As you read Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" learn this word list. Here are links to lists for texts in Grade 11's Collection 4: Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?, Declaration of Sentiments, Building the Transcontinental Railroad, Runagate, Runagate
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  1. obdurate
    stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing
  2. stolid
    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility
  3. pale
    very light in color or highly diluted with white
  4. sacrilegious
    grossly irreverent toward what is considered holy
  5. irrecoverable
    incapable of being recovered or regained
  6. plaintive
    expressing sorrow
  7. Zion
    Jewish republic in southwestern Asia at eastern end of Mediterranean; formerly part of Palestine
  8. cleave
    stick or hold together and resist separation
  9. reproach
    disgrace or shame
  10. republican
    an advocate of a system with power in a body of citizens
  11. quicken
    give new life or energy to
  12. sham
    something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be
  13. license
    freedom to deviate deliberately from rules or practices
  14. impudence
    the trait of being rude and impertinent
  15. hypocrisy
    pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not have
Created on Tue Jul 15 09:29:25 EDT 2014 (updated Thu Jul 24 11:31:14 EDT 2014)

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