This document contains vocabulary words and definitions related to The Crucible play by Arthur Miller. It includes over 50 words describing concepts like religious heresy, witchcraft accusations, deception, fear, and moral corruption during the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s. Some of the words defined are abrogate, abyss, autocrat, beguile, blasphemous, calamity, conspiracy, credulous, defamation, effrontery, heretical, indictment, malevolence, penitence, pious, quake, resurge, sectarian, theocracy, and vindictive.
This document contains vocabulary words and definitions related to The Crucible play by Arthur Miller. It includes over 50 words describing concepts like religious heresy, witchcraft accusations, deception, fear, and moral corruption during the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s. Some of the words defined are abrogate, abyss, autocrat, beguile, blasphemous, calamity, conspiracy, credulous, defamation, effrontery, heretical, indictment, malevolence, penitence, pious, quake, resurge, sectarian, theocracy, and vindictive.
This document contains vocabulary words and definitions related to The Crucible play by Arthur Miller. It includes over 50 words describing concepts like religious heresy, witchcraft accusations, deception, fear, and moral corruption during the Salem Witch Trials of the late 1600s. Some of the words defined are abrogate, abyss, autocrat, beguile, blasphemous, calamity, conspiracy, credulous, defamation, effrontery, heretical, indictment, malevolence, penitence, pious, quake, resurge, sectarian, theocracy, and vindictive.
Abyss bottomless hole; a vast expanse or depth Adamant inflexible; immovable; obstinate Ameliorate to make better; to relieve; to improve Apparition ghost Augury an omen or prophecy Autocrat a person with unlimited influence and authority (usually a negative word) Baseness the quality of lacking higher values Begrudge to give reluctantly; to envy a possession or one’s enjoyment Beguile to deceive; to mislead; to persuade with charm Bemuse to confuse or to bewilder Blasphemous irreverent; profane Calamity a serious event causing distress or misfortune Conciliate to reconcile; to pacify; to renew a friendship Confound to cause one to become confused Conspiracy the act of plotting together Contempt scorn; extreme dislike or disdain Contentious quarrelsome; stirring controversy Corroboration confirmation Credulous believing on slight evidence; gullible Defamation act of harming or ruining another’s reputation Deference courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another Deposition written statement by a witness Dissemble to disguise; to pretend Dogmatic strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner Ecstasy extreme happiness Effrontery extreme boldness; audacity Exalt to glorify; to praise; to raise in rank Fiend the devil; demon Formidable menacing; causing fear or awe Gaunt very thin; emaciated; angular Guile deceitful cunning; duplicity Heretical contrary to church doctrine or accepted beliefs or standards Hypocrite one who is insincere or deceitful Indictment an accusation Indigenous native to a certain area Indignation anger as a result of something unjust Ineptness lack of competence or judgment Inert unable to move or to act; sluggish Ingratiate to make an effort to gain good favor with someone Iniquity wickedness; immorality Innate existing from birth; inborn Junta a group of people who join in running a government (after a revolution) Licentious lacking in moral or sexual restraint; wanton Malevolence ill will or evil intentions Malign to utter injuriously misleading reports about Methodical proceeding in a regular or systematic order Orthodox conforming to established standards; conventional Pallor extreme paleness usually relating to the face Paradoxical something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct Parochial limited in range or scope; narrow; provincial Partisan one who exhibits extreme or possibly blind allegiance to a group or cause Penitence regret or sorrow for sins or faults Pious religious Placid peaceful; calm Predilection preference Prodigious extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or degree; great in size; enormous Propriety correct conduct Providence sign of good fortune; God’s will; God’s intervention in human affairs Prudent wise and careful about practical matters Quake to shake from shock or instability Reprieve to delay punishment Reproach to blame for something; a disgrace Rescind to cancel Resurge to rise again Savory appetizing Sectarian a member of a sect that is a faction with extreme beliefs Sublime exalted; noble; uplifting Theocracy governed by religion Trafficked had dealings with Trepidation fear; trembling; agitation Vestry room in a church used for nonreligious meetings or church business Vindictive revengeful; spiteful Wily cunning; crafty; sneaky
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