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The Crucible Vocab 5
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| beguile | influence by slyness |
| declare | state emphatically and authoritatively |
| gaunt | very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold |
| indictment | an accusation of wrongdoing |
| marked | singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate |
| mercy | a disposition to be kind and forgiving |
| pardon | the act of excusing a mistake or offense |
| penitence | sorrow for sins or faults |
| prodigious | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe |
| profit | derive a benefit from |
| purge | make pure or free from sin or guilt |
| reckon | take account of |
| stench | a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant |
| summon | ask to come |
| vanity | feelings of excessive pride |