Chasing Lincoln’s Killer
Vocabulary
Prologue
• Inauguration (n) 1 – A ceremonial induction into office
• Fervently (adj) 2 – Exhibiting or marked by great
intensity of feeling
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Scourge (v) 2 – Whip; punishment
Malice (n) 2 – Desire to cause pain
Bind (v) 2 – To wrap together
Adversary (n) 7 – Opponent
Illuminate (v) 7 – To light
Chapter 1
A group of 11 South States during the
9– Civil War.
• Confederacy (n)
• Tyrant (n) 9– A ruler who exercises absolute power
through strength
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Having or showing undue or excessive
pride in one's appearance. Conceited
Vain (adj) 10–
Proprietors (n) 11 – Owner
Partition (n) 11– Divider
Precede (v) 13 – To be earlier than
Presided (v) 22 – To guide, direct, or control
Chapter 1 Continued
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Harebrained (adj) 22 – Foolish, flighty
Conspirator (n) 23 - Someone who acts with together
Ambush (v) 24 - To take by surprise
Implicated (v) 27 - Involved
Reluctance (n) 28 - Hesitation
Quirks (n) 29 – A peculiar trait
Accompaniment (n) 31 – An addition to make complete
Solemn (adj) 31 - Sad, gloomy. Marked by grief.
Chapter 2
• Dialogue (n) 33 – Discussion between two or more
people.
• Vestibule (n) 35 – A passage, hall, or room between the
outer door and the interior
• Avenged (v) 43 – to take satisfaction for (a wrong) by
punishing the wrongdoer
• Assassin (n) 45 –
A person who commits murder.
Chapter 3
• Henchmen (n) 47 – A trusted follower
• Brute (adj) 48 –
Purely physical
• Deception (n) 48 – Trickery
• Agonized (v) 55 – Painful
Chapter 4
• Vengeance (n) 66 – Punishment inflicted in retaliation for
an injury or offense
• Menacing (adj) 66 – Display of intention to harm
• Coagulated (adj) 68 – to gather together or form into a mass or
group
• Mortal (adj) 69 – Causing death.
• Accomplice (n) 70 – Partner.
Chapter 4 Continued
• Endure (v) 73 – to undergo (as a hardship); suffer
• Secessionist (n) 75 – one who secedes (leaves) the Union.
• Boardinghouse (n) 77 – a lodging house at which meals are
provided.
• Bewildered (adj) 76 – confused
Chapter 5
• Regiment (n) 78 – A military unit consisting usually of a
number of battalions
• Cavalry (n) 78 – An army component mounted on
horseback
• Inferno (n) 79 – A great fire
• Epidemic (n) 80 – An outbreak of sudden rapid
growth or spreading
• Mayhem (n) 81 – Craziness. Chaos.
Chapter 5 Cont.
• Ascending (v) 83 – Rising
• Impulsive (adj) 84 – Act without thought
• Grotesque (adj) 86 – Gross, ugly
• Catastrophic (adj) 87 – Disastrous, tragic
Chapter 6
• Inevitable (adj) 101 – Expected
• Deterioration (n) 101 – Worsening condition
• Circumstance (n) 107 – Situation
• Eluded (v) 107 -
To avoid
Chapter 6 Cont.
• Sheath (n) 108 – A case or covering for a knife
• Collateral (n) 109 – Property given in exchange for other
goods or items gained.
• Martyred (adj) 109 – Put to death for adhering to a belief,
faith, or profession
• Distress (n) 112 - A state of danger or desperate
need
Chapter 7
• Salvation (n) 116 – Deliverance from the power and
effects of sin.
• Bonds (n) 119 – An investment that earns money
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Thicket (n) 120 – A dense growth of shrubbery
Fugitives (n) 120 – Criminals avoiding capture
Confided (v) 121 – To show trust in one
Carbine (n) 127 – A short-barreled lightweight firearm
originally used by cavalry
Chapter 8
Maniac (n) 133 – Madman; lunatic
Interrogator (n) 133 – A person who questions or seeks
answers for information
Tribunal (n) 136 – A court or place of justice
Chapter 9
Jeopardize (v) 137 – To expose to danger or risk
Crepe (n) 140 – A light crinkled fabric woven of any of
various fibers
Profoundly (adj) 141 – Characterized by intensity of feeling
or quality
Spectacle (n) 141 – An eye-catching or dramatic
public display
Chapter 10
• Sanctuary (n) 144 – Safe place
• Emitted (v) 144 – To give off or release
• Bow (n) 146 – Front area of a boat.
• Vulnerable (adj) 149 – Weak, in a state of danger
• Tarried (v) 150 – Delay or put off
Chapter 11
Disembarked (v) 151 – Come ashore.
Pungent (adj) 152 – Strong sense of fowl smelling
Chiding (v) 153 – To voice disapproval or speak out
against.
Comrades (n) 155 – A fellow soldier
Deceitful (adj) 156 – Dishonest; untrustworthy
Chapter 11 Cont.
Egotistical (adj) 156 – Self-centered
Relished (v) 158 – Take pleasure in something
Dismay (n) 160 – Shock; disbelief.
Agitation (n) 162 – A state of irritation. Annoyance.
Frustration
Treachery (n) 163 – Betrayal; Disloyal
Chapter 11 Cont.
Proprietor (n) 164 – Owner, manager
Ultimatum (n) 167 – A challenge.
Scaffold (v) 171 – A platform on which a criminal is
executed
Lapsed (v) 176 – To go from one to state to another
Chapter 12
Inquest (n) 180 – Investigation
Penitentiary (n) 181 – Prison or jail
Chapter 13
Notoriety (n) 186 – Well known.
Chapter 14
Climactic (adj) 187 – Relating to the most important part of
an event.
Conviction (n) 187 – The act of finding a person guilty of a
crime.