Abraham Lincoln Gettysburg Address Vocab

Fourscore and seven years is how many years?

• 47

• 407

• 87

• 147

Conceive means...

• hypothesize

• to end

• terminate

• to begin

This word means an idea...

• clue

• program

• Canon

• Proposition

This word means to last a long time

• expire

• endure

• repress

• yield

This word means to make special or holy

• consecrate

• disallow

• heresy

• beautify

In the sentence, "But in this larger sense, we cannot dedicate, we cannot consecrate, we cannot hallow this ground." The word hallow means...

• praise

• to make special or holy

• curse

• holy water

This word means to reduce the importance of

• dramatize

• maximize

• detract

• disparage

In vain means...

• destined

• to enhance beauty

• validated

• for no reason

In the statement, "we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain," the word resolve means...

• indecision

• solve or find a solution

• try to fix something

• to decide firmly or pledge

To perish means to...

• grow

• die

• flourish

• suffer