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The Crucible Vocab R
31 vocab words
Question | Answer |
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Sidles | To move sideways |
Pious | Devoted, religious |
Poppet | Small rag doll |
Gaunt | Extremely thin |
Crucible | A severe test |
Adamant | Firm in opinion |
Blanched | Become pale |
Titillated | Tickled or excited |
Lechery | Excessive indulgence in sexual activity |
Calmny | A false or malicious statement designed to injure a persons reputation. |
Canny | Careful |
Qualm | a sudden sensation or onset of faintness or illness, especially of nausea. |
Immaculate | Perfect |
Probity | Honesty |
Sibilance | Hissing |
Quail | To cower. Lose courage |
Beguile | trick, cheat |
Deferentially | Show respect |
Demonic | Possessed |
Lief | Ready or willing |
Contentious | Argumentative |
Imperceptible | Subtle or hard to notice |
Gibbet | Gallows- place where they put prisoners |
Ineptly | Clumsily |
Deposition | Written under oath |
Floundering | struggling |
Disputation | Debate |
Incubi | evil spirits |
Effrontery | insulting boldness, audacity; fronting someone out. |
Dissembling | Disguising, taking apart. |