WorksheetsFrederick Douglass Speech Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3hrs 20mins
“To drag a man in fetters into the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhuman mockery and sacrilegious irony.”
Define fetters.
work extremely hard or incessantly
cruel and oppressive government or rule
extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect)
chains or manacles used to restrain a prisoner
“They showed forbearance; but that they knew its limits.”
Define forbearance.
patient self-control; restraint and tolerance
split apart
a supreme ruler, especially a monarch
refuse to accept or be associated with
“You have no right to wear out and waste the hard-earned fame of your fathers to cover your indolence."
Define indolence.
a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class
work extremely hard or incessantly
avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow.
Infallibility
amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
the inability to be wrong
a supreme ruler, especially a monarch
being able to hold one's breath
Inundate
overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness
the inability to be wrong
be a sign or warning that (something, especially something momentous) is likely to happen
Pretend
Attend
Apprehend
Portend
(of a person) unable to keep still or silent and becoming increasingly difficult to control, especially because of impatience, dissatisfaction, or boredom
Sunder
Prerogative
Restive
Infallible
a length of cloth or an enveloping garment in which a dead person is wrapped for burial
Wrath
Sunder
Mirth
Shroud
the action or crime of making a false spoken statement damaging to a person's reputation
Slander
Toil
Fetter
Restive
having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object
Lament
Inundate
Sacreligious
Forbearance
Parents would lament their children sold into slavery.
Define lament.
a passionate expression of grief or sorrow
amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
the inability to be wrong
split apart
They convert the very name of religion into an engine of tyranny, and barbarous cruelty.
Define tyranny.
avoidance of activity or exertion; laziness
doing whatever you want to do
refuse to accept or be associated with
cruel and oppressive government or rule
This home government, you know, although a considerable distance from your home, did, in the exercise of its parental prerogative, impose upon its colonial children, such restraints, burdens and limitations
Define prerogative.
split apart
a supreme ruler, especially a monarch
work extremely hard or incessantly
a right or privilege exclusive to a particular individual or class
“The simple story of it is that, 76 years ago, the people of this country were British subjects. The style and title of your "sovereign people" (in which you now glory) was not then born.
Define sovereign.
a supreme ruler, especially a monarch
patient self-control; restraint and tolerance
refuse to accept or be associated with
overwhelm (someone) with things or people to be dealt with
split apart
Sunder
Toil
Portend
Slander
amusement, especially as expressed in laughter
Prerogative
Mirth
Fetter
Infallibility
address (someone) in such a way as to express disapproval or disappointment.
Reproach
Slander
Portend
Toil
work extremely hard or incessantly
Sacreligious
Indolence
Lament
Toil
extreme anger (chiefly used for humorous or rhetorical effect)
Shroud
Wrath
Prerogative
Sunder
refuse to accept or be associated with
Repudiate
Lament
Wrath
Prerogative
