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Crucible vocab
Answers to Crucible vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| prodigious | extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force |
| gaunt | extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated |
| gibbet | a gallows with a projecting arm at the top, from which the bodies of criminals were formerly hung in chains and left suspended after execution. |
| excommunication | The process of cutting off from communion with a church or excluding from the sacraments of a church by ecclesiastical sentence. |
| conciliatory | tending to overcome the distrust or hostility of; placate; win over |
| floundering | to struggle clumsily or helplessly |
| statutes | an enactment made by a legislature and expressed in a formal document. |
| adamant | utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urgings, etc. |
| bridegroom | a newly married man or a man about to be married. |
| swine | the domestic hog, a contemptible person. |
| disputation | an academic exercise consisting of the arguing of a thesis between its maintainer and its opponents. |
| calamity | a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury. |
| strive | to exert oneself vigorously; try hard |
| sibilance | characterized by a hissing sound |
| embodiment | the state or fact of being provided with a body; incarnate |
| indictment | a formal accusation initiating a criminal case, presented by a grand jury and usually required for felonies and other serious crimes. |
| tantalized | to torment with, or as if with, the sight of something desired but out of reach; tease by arousing expectations that are repeatedly disappointed. |
| dictating | saying or reading (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record |
| scaffold | an elevated platform on which a criminal is executed, usually by hanging. |
| purged | rid of whatever is impure or undesirable; cleansed; purified. |
| penitence | the state of regretting one's wrongdoing or sinning; contrition; repentance |
| vestry | a room in or a building attached to a church, in which the vestments, and sometimes liturgical objects, are kept |
| contemptuous | showing or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; disrespectful. |
| contentious | tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome |
| affidavit | a written declaration upon oath made before an authorized official. |
| contempt (law) | willful disobedience to or open disrespect for the rules or orders of a court (contempt of court) or legislative body. |
| deposition | a statement under oath, taken down in writing, to be used in court in place of the spoken testimony of the witness. |
| deferentially | showing respect |
| befuddled | to confuse, as with glib statements or arguments |
| plaintiff | a person who brings suit in a court (opposed to defendant). |
| forfeit | something to which the right is lost, as for commission of a crime or misdeed, neglect of duty, or violation of a contract. |
| anonymity | state of being of an unknown name; whose name is withheld |
| effrontery | shameless or impudent boldness; barefaced audacity: |
| immaculate | free from moral blemish or impurity; pure; undefiled. |
| reproach | disgrace, discredit, or blame incurred |
| sublime | impressing the mind with a sense of grandeur or power; inspiring awe, veneration. |
| callously | insensitively, indifferently, unsympathetically, in a hardened manner. |
| auger | a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle. |
| indignation | strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger. |
| qualm | an uneasy feeling or pang of conscience as to conduct; compunction |
| probity | integrity and uprightness; honesty. |
| incredulously | in a manner which is indicating or showing unbelief |
| solemn | grave, sober, or mirthless, as a person, the face, speech, tone, or mood; serious or earnest |
| perjury | the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry. |
| vanity | excessive pride in one's appearance, qualities, abilities, achievements, etc.; character or quality of being vain |
| guile | clever or crafty character or behavior |
| envy | a feeling of discontent or covetousness with regard to another's advantages, success, possessions, etc. |
| unperturbed | not disturbed or disquieted greatly in mind |
| confounded | bewildered; confused; perplexed. |
| base | morally low; without estimable personal qualities; dishonorable; mean spirited; selfish; cowardly. |
| transfixed | to make or hold motionless with amazement, awe, terror, etc. |
| gulling | deceiving, tricking, or cheating. |
| allegiance | loyalty or devotion to some person, group, cause, or the like. |
| quail | to lose heart or courage in difficulty or danger; shrink with fear. |
| ladle | utensil used to serve food; to serve food |
| clods | a lump or mass, especially of earth or clay. |
| heifer | cow |
| magistrate | judge |
| falter | stumble |
| pallor | quality of being pale |
| ameliorate | to make or become better, more bearable, or more satisfactory; improve |
| compact | an official agreement |
| jabberer | someone who speaks nonsense |
| deceit | a lie |
| drawn | tense; haggard. |
| pious | having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations. |
| pewter | any of various alloys in which tin is the chief constituent, originally one of tin and lead. |
| ordained | selected for or appointed to an office, usually as minister or priest. |
| covet | to desire wrongfully, inordinately, or without due regard for the rights of others: to covet another's property. |
| flinch | to draw back or shrink, as from what is dangerous, difficult, or unpleasant. |
| mongrel | a dog of mixed or indeterminate breed; of mixed breed, nature, or origin. |
| calamity | a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury. |
| avid | showing great enthusiasm for or interest in |
| blasphemy | impious utterance or action concerning God or sacred things. |
| wrath | strong, stern, or fierce anger; deeply resentful indignation; ire. |
| providence | a manifestation of divine care or direction. |
| act | A major division in a play. |
| antagonist | Opponent who struggles against or blocks the hero, or protagonist, in a story. |
| catastrophe | The "turning downward" of the plot in a classical tragedy. |
| climax | The decisive moment in a drama, the climax is the turning point of the play to which the rising action leads. |
| coincidence | the workings of fate in such a way that there is no cause/effect relationship between events. |
| comedy | in general, a story that ends with a happy resolution of the conflicts faced by the main character or characters. |
| comic relief | the inclusion of a humorous character or scene to contrast with the tragic elements of a work, thereby intensifying the next tragic event. |
| dialogue | The lines spoken by a character or characters in a play, essay, story, or novel, especially a conversation between two characters. |
| drama | A narrative involving conflict between a character or characters and some external or internal force. Playwrights usually design dramas for presentation on a stage in front of an audience. |
| fate | The all but inevitable course of events. The irresistible power or agency that determines the future, whether in general or of an individual. |
| fourth wall | an imaginary wall that separates the events on stage from the audience. |
| hamartia | A term from Greek tragedy that literally means a tragic flaw, especially a misperception, a lack of some important insight, or some blindness that ironically results from one's own strengths and abilities. |
| hubris | Excessive pride or ambition that leads to a character’s downfall. |
| monologue | a speech given by one character. |
| peripety | The sudden reversal of fortune in a story, play, or any narrative in which there is an observable change in direction. |
| proscenium | An arch that frames a set and holds the curtain, thus creating a sort of invisible boundary through which the audience views the on |
| protagonist | the central character in a story, the one who initiates or drives the action. |
| scene | A dramatic sequence that takes place within a single locale (or setting) on stage. Often scenes serve as the subdivision of an act within a play. |
| tragedy | in general, a story in which a heroic character falls from a high position to a low one, many times death, through the working of fate or a tragic flaw. |
| tragic flaw | In a tragedy, the quality within the hero or heroine which leads to his or her downfall. (hamartia) |
| tragic irony | When a character’s good intentions produce the opposite effect of what is expected. |
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