vocabulary workshop 4

What does emancipate mean?

• to run
• to deliver harsh news to
• to free someone from someone else's power
• to capture

What does Confederate mean?

• of or about states or citizens that were part of the North during the Civil War
• from Great Britain
• from the far West
• of or about states or citizens that were part of the South during the Civil War

What is a tyrant?

• a ruler who uses power in a cruel or unfair way
• an actor in a play
• a humorous friend
• someone who frees another person

What does avenge mean?

• to call a truce
• to hurt or get back at someone because they have offended you
• to play nicely
• to discipline someone

Select the correct meaning for Civil War.

• To compare to find differences

• Suddenly fall down

• AKA the War Between the States; North vs. South

• the study of how people share news and information

Select the meaning of assassin.

• Someone who murders a well-known person

• Person who commits a crime.

• Someone who needs help

• To hurt or get back at someone.

Select the correct meaning for emancipation.

• to move our of something

• to be set free; equal treatment

• used to protect someone or something from harm.

• to state how you feel in public and in a confident way

Select the correct meaning for manhunt.

• The goal or purpose of a plan or activity

• make a sudden, strong move towards someone

• An organized search for someone

• To tell someone to do something

Select the correct meaning for tyrant.

• a long journey

• winner

• someone who uses power in a cruel and unfair way.

• a feeling of excitement or fear when you do not know what will happen next.

Select the correct meaning for Union.

• group of Northern states that fought the South

• group of Southern states that fought the North

• to catch a person and keep him or her from getting away

• not allowed; not permitted