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Cruicible Vocab
Crucible Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abrogation | To get rid of |
| Abyss | A bottomless hole |
| Adamant | Firm, unshakable |
| Ameliorate | To improve |
| Augur | An omen |
| Autocratic | Person with unlimited authority, usually negative |
| Base | Lacking higher values, morally low |
| Begrudge | To give reluctantly |
| Beguile | To deceive or persuade with charm |
| Bemused | To confuse |
| Blasphemy | Profane behavior or actions |
| Calamity | A serious event causing distress or misfortune |
| Conciliatory | To make better, renew friendship |
| Confounded | Confused |
| Contempt | Distain, extreme dislike |
| Contentious | Quarrelsome |
| Corroborating | To confirm, validate |
| Defamation | To ruin another's reputation |
| Deference | Going along with opinions of another |
| Dissembling | To disguise, pretend |
| Dogmatically | Strongly Opinionated |
| Ecstatic | Great deligh |
| Effrontery | Extreme boldness |
| Exaltation | To glorify, praise |
| Formidable | Menacing, cuasing fear or awe |
| Gaunt | To be thin |
| Heretics | Contrary to church beliefs |
| Hypocrisy | Deceitful, say one thing mean another |
| Incredulous | Gullible |
| Indigenously | Native to a certain area |
| Indignant | Anger at something unjust |
| Ineptly | Lack of confidence or judgment |
| Inert | Unable to move |
| Ingratiating | To make an effort to make good favor, suck up |
| Innate | Existing from birth |
| Junta | A group of people who run for government |
| Malevolence | Ill will or evil intentions |
| Malign | Misleading reports about |
| Methodical | Proceeding in systematic order |
| Orthodox | Conforming to conventional standards |
| Pallor | Extreme paleness usually in the face |
| Paradox | Something that appears false but is correct |
| Parochial | Narrow, limited in range or scope |
| Partisan | One who shows extreme allegiance, a follower |
| Placidly | Peaceful, calm |
| Predilection | Preference |
| Prodigious | Extraordinary in quantity or degree |
| Propriety | Correct Conduct |
| Prudent | Wise and careful about practical matters |
| Quaking | To shake from shock and instability |