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The Crucible Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| dissembling | pretending |
| opened | spoken frankly |
| demonic | devilish |
| blink | ignore |
| pointy | sharp |
| calumny | slander |
| titillated | excited, intrigued |
| sidles | walks in a sidelong shifty way |
| canny | clever, subtle |
| incubi | evil spirits supposed to descend upon sleeping persons |
| poppet | doll |
| quail | tremble in fear |
| lief | rather |
| ineptly | clumsily |
| lechery | lust, adultery |
| contentious | argumentative |
| deposition | legal document regarding the sworn testimony of a witness |
| imperceptible | hardly noticeable |
| deferentially | extremely respectfully |
| effrontery | insulting boldness |
| qualm | misgiving |
| probity | integrity |
| callously | unfeelingly |
| blanched | whitened |
| gaunt | haggard |
| beguile | trick,delude |
| floundering | awkward struggling |
| adamant | inflexible, unyielding |
| disputation | argument |
| sibilance | hissing |
| gibbet | gallows |