The Gettysburg Address Vocabulary

What does the word conceived mean as it is used in paragraph 1?

• become pregnant with (a child)

• form or devise (a plan or idea)

• become affected by (a feeling)

• to persuade a person to believe what you believe

What does the word endure mean as it is used in paragraph 2?

• suffer something painful

• remain in existence; last

• to think of or develop an idea

• a group or set of 20

What does the word score mean as it is used in paragraph 2?

• the number of points, goals, runs, etc. achieved in a game or by a team or an individual

• a group or set of twenty or about twenty

• orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.

• cause (a teammate) to score

What does the word consecrate mean as it is used in paragraph 3?

• make or declare (something, typically a church) sacred

• to suffer patiently over a period of time, or to survive a difficult or painful experience

• to think of or develop an idea

• a heavy, rough building material made from a mixture of broken stone or gravel, sand, cement, and water

What does the word hallow mean as it is used in paragraph 3?

• honor as holy

• form by making a hole

• without significance

• having a hole or empty space inside