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The Crucible Vocab
Vocabulary words from the play The Crucible
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fanatic | a person with extreme enthusiasm |
| presilection | tendency to think favorably of something |
| disproportionate | out of proportion |
| subservient | serving or acting like a servant |
| arbitrate | to decide or determine |
| iniquity | gross injustice or wickedness |
| ascertain | to find out definitely |
| indignant | feeling characterized unjustly |
| calamity | a great misfortune or disaster |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| deposition | a written statement by a witness |
| plaintiff | party that institutes a suit in court |
| effrontery | disrespectful, insulting boldness |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| inaudibly | incapable of being heard |
| afflict | to distress with pain |
| unintelligible | not capable of being understood |
| excommunication | Banishment from a church |
| indictment | an act if accusing |
| empower | to give power or authority |