Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation Vocabulary PDF
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This document provides a vocabulary list for the Lincoln Emancipation Proclamation. The words and their definitions are helpful for better understanding historical content.
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"Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation" Vocabulary 1. Annihilate: destroy utterly; obliterate 2. Preservation: the act of being kept safe from harm or destruction 3. Compensate: to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to 4. Alienate: to cause to be estranged;** **to mak...
"Lincoln: Emancipation Proclamation" Vocabulary 1. Annihilate: destroy utterly; obliterate 2. Preservation: the act of being kept safe from harm or destruction 3. Compensate: to make an appropriate and usually counterbalancing payment to 4. Alienate: to cause to be estranged;** **to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed 5. Engagement: a hostile encounter between military forces 6. Humiliating: extremely destructive to one\'s self-respect or dignity; ashamed or embarrassed 7. Absurdity: to be ridiculous or wildly unreasonable 8. Bungling: clumsily awkward or inept 9. Proclamation: a public or official announcement, especially one dealing with a matter of great importance; a decree 10. Emancipation: the fact or process of being set free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberation
