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crucible vocab
acts 1-4
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ideology | a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture |
| paradox | a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true |
| propriety | socially acceptable behavior and speech |
| faction | group; secret club; clique |
| abominations | sources of utter disgust or intense dislike; hateful, disgusting actions |
| sniveling | speaking or acting in a whining, sniffling, tearful, or weakly emotional manner |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| providence | event guided by God or divine leadership |
| corroberating | supporting with evidence or authority |
| intimations | hints; suggestions |
| formidable | dreadful; fearful; extremely serious |
| trepidation | timorous uncertain agitation; apprehension |
| subservient | servile; cringing manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position |
| hypocrites | persons who put on false appearances of virtue or religion |
| pretense | false show |
| prodigious | strange; unusual; portentous |
| exudes | spreads out in all directions |
| defimation | slander; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to damage another’s reputation |
| evade | to avoid answering directly |
| compact | make an agreement; enter into a contract |
| pallor | paleness |
| poppet | small doll |
| amelierate | to make better or more tolerable |
| indignant | showing anger aroused by something unjust, unworthy, or mean |
| wily | crafty; cunning |
| flailing | searching in frustration |
| daft | mad; insane |
| quail | to recoil in dread or terror |
| abundant | marked by great plenty |
| wrath | retributory punishment for an offense or a crime |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer |
| deposition | testimony taken down in writing under oath |
| plaintiff | a person who brings a legal action against another |
| qualm | misgiving; a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
| probity | honesty; integrity; adherence to the highest principles and ideals |
| gait | pace; a manner or rate of movement or progress |
| callousy | in a manner of feeling or showing no emotion |
| manifest | evidence; appearance; sign |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| excommunication | exclusion from the rights of church membership |
| conciliatory | eager to make peace, to reconcile |
| beguile | deceive by guile; hoodwink |
| floundering | proceeding or acting clumsily or ineffectually |
| reprive | to delay the punishment of |
| retaliation | returning like for like; vengeance for an injury |
| adamant | unyielding; unshakable or immovable especially in opposition |
| cleave | cling; to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| tantalized | teased, fascinated |
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mikeplatt98
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