1. 6th grade LA
Vocabulary: The Mysterious Mr. Lincoln

2. gawkyadjective
As a young man he was sensitive about his gawky looks, but in time, he learned to laugh at himself.
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Clumsy; awkward

3. reposenoun
In repose he often seemed sad and gloomy.
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State of rest or inactivity

4. listlessadjective
The dull, listless features dropped like a mask, said a Chicago newspaperman.
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Lifeless; lacking in interest or energy

5. animationnoun
the whole countenance was wreathed in animation, so that a stranger would have said, Why, this man, so angular and solemn a moment ago, is really handsome!
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liveliness

6. defyverb
His changeable features, his tones, gestures, and expressions, seemed to defy description.
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Resist; oppose

7. reticentadjective
According to William Herndon, his law partner, he was the most secretivereticentshut-mouthed man that ever lived.
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Reserved; tending to speak little

8. But he was also moody and melancholy, tormented by long and frequent bouts of depression.
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melancholy (a repeat)adjective
Mournful; gloomy

9. omensnoun
Yet he was deeply superstitious, a believer in bad dreams, omens, and visions.
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Things believed to be signs of future events

10. paramountadjective
My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, he said in 1862
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Main; most important

11. crusadenoun
Eventually he came to regard the conflict as a moral crusade to wipe out the sin of slavery.
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Struggle for a cause or belief