|
assassinate
|
to
murder for pay or for ideological reasons. |
| blockade |
the
barring or shutting off of traffic in and out of an area, such
as a seaport or city, by hostile military forces. |
| abolitionism
|
a
policy or principle of slavery in the United States. |
| fugitive |
someone who is escaping or running away, as from the police,
persecution, responsibilities, or the like. |
| recruit |
a
soldier recently drafted or enlisted into the armed forces. |
| secede |
to
quit an organization, a political or religious unit or alliance,
or the like. |
| reconstruction |
in U.S. history, the period immediately following the Civil War. |
| reveille
|
a
call sounded early in the morning to waken or alert people, esp.
a bugle call for troops to assemble. |
| inflation
|
an
increase in the average price level. |
| emancipation
|
the
act of freeing from some constraint or confinement. |
| surrender |
to
turn over or yield to the power, control, or possession of another,
esp. under compulsion: |
| segregation |
a
policy imposing social separation according to racial or ethnic
groups. |
| siege |
a
military maneuver in which a fortification is surrounded, subjected
to attack, and cut off from supplies or reinforcements until its
occupants surrender. |
