Patrick Henry: “Liberty or Death” Speech
(1775)Glossary
- awful enormously important, extremely shocking, or so impressive as to inspire awe
- extentuate to lessen the seriousness of a mistake or wrongdoing
- insidious slowly and subtly harmful or destructive
- irresolution the state of being unsure and unable to make decisions
- remonstrated reasoned or pleaded forcefully
- supplicated begged
