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Crucible Vocabulary
Vocabulary words - Act 1
Question | Answer |
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crucible (noun) [KROO-suh-buhl] | a heat-resistant container in which ores, metals, and impurities are melted; 2) bottom of a furnace; 3) testing circumstances that cause people to change; 4) an ordeal or severe trial |
inert (adj.) [in-URT] | 1) unable to move or act; 2) sluggish in action or motion |
ingratiate (verb) [in-GRAY-shee-ate | to gain favor with someone by deliberate efforts |
paradox (noun) [PAR-uh-doks] | 1) a statement or idea that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth |
dissemble (verb) [di-SEM-buhl] | to conceal one’s true motives or thoughts often by giving a false or misleading appearance |
begrudge (verb) [ bi-GRUHJ] | 1) to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone else; 2) to be reluctant to give or allow |
formidable (adj.) [FAWR-mi-duh-buhl] | 1) causing fear or apprehension; 2) discouraging because of awesome strength, power, size, or strength |
trepidation (noun) [trep-i-DAY-shuhn] | 1) a state of alarm, dread, or apprehension; 2) involuntary trembling or quivering |
reckon (verb) [REK-uhn] | 1) to count, compute, or calculate; 2) to settle accounts, as with a person (often followed by “up”) |
reckoning (noun) | ) a count or calculation; 2) the settlement of accounts between parties |
partisan (noun/adj.) [PAHR-tuh-zuhn] | a biased, even blind supporter of a person, group, or cause, often not willing to listen to other people’s opinions |
titillate (verb) [TIT-l-ate] | to excite or arouse agreeably |
pretense (noun) [pri-TENS or PREE-tens] | an act that is actually pretend or false; a piece of make-believe |
licentious (adj.) [li-SEN-shuhs] | 1) sexually unrestrained; 2) lawless or immoral |
Goody (proper noun) | a term meaning Mrs., a title for a married woman, short for “Goodwife” sport (adj) – for fun or play |
dumb (adj) | mute, unable to speak |
wits (noun) | intelligence; mental faculties |
yeomanry (noun) | a class of English commoners who owned and farmed their own land and later a British volunteer cavalry force, formed in 1761 |
truck (verb) | to barter or exchange with; to have dealings with |