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Crucible Vocab 1-2
11A review of Crucible vocabulary words
Question | Answer |
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abominations | things that elicit great dislike or abhorrence |
anarchy | political disorder or confusion |
antagonists | adversaries; opponents |
ascertain | to find out; detect |
bemused | confused |
calumny | false statements, knowingly made to injure someone |
conjured | summoned by oath or spell |
diabolism | witchcraft; sorcery |
ecstatic | in a state of exalted or excited delight |
evade | escape or avoid with cleverness or deceit |
faction | a small group within a larger one |
hypocrites | people who say they believe one way but whose actions show they believe another |
inert | unable to move or act |
licentious | having no regard for accepted rules or standards |
partisan | militant supporter of a party, cause, faction, or idea |
prodigious | extraordinary; marvelous |
propitiation | appeasement; to satisfy |
quail | to lose courage; decline; fail |