Gettysburg Address Vocab

conceive

• suffer patiently

• loyalty or enthusiasm for a cause

• devise a plan or idea

• to commit, devout, pledge

consecrate

• make sacred, dedicate to divine purpose

•  honor as holy

• suffer death

• to commit, devout, pledge

dedicate

•  having no meaning, useless

• to commit, devout, pledge

• with fine personal qualities, high principles and ideals

• suffer death

detract

• 20 years

•  take away the value of

• statement that expresses a judgment or opinion

• with fine personal qualities, high principles and ideals

devotion

• suffer patiently

• to settle or find a solution to a problem

• having no meaning, useless

• loyalty or enthusiasm for a cause

endure

• with fine personal qualities, high principles and ideals

• suffer patiently

•  to settle or find a solution to a problem

• honor as holy

hallow

• statement that expresses a judgment or opinion

• 20 years

• honor as holy

• suffer death

nobly

• having no meaning, useless

• statement that expresses a judgment or opinion

• with fine personal qualities, high principles and ideals

• to settle or find a solution to a problem

perish

• statement that expresses a judgment or opinion

• suffer death

• to settle or find a solution to a problem

• having no meaning, useless

proposition

• statement that expresses a judgment or opinion

• 20 years

• having no meaning, useless

• to settle or find a solution to a problem