Vocabulary from the Federalist Papers

Download the vocabulary to study HERE.

Some explanations of the categories:

Category A: Vocabulary that you may not be very familiar with yet.

Category B: Vocabulary you may know, but there are more uses to learn.

Category C: Vocabulary very specific to writings about the government.

How to use:

Learn the top 60 words first (first two pages, shaded in green), and study their uses in the Federalist Papers. Try to become very familiar with all the ways that they’re used, until you would be comfortable using these words yourself idiomatically.

You can study the Federalist Papers at Gutenberg.org HERE.

Simply search for your target word in your browser, and you’ll encounter all of the word’s uses in the papers.

Enjoy enhancing your vocabulary!