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Crucible Act I
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abomination | an action that is vicious or vile |
| adamant | not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course |
| anarchy | a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) |
| ascertain | learn or discover with certainty |
| avid | marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
| base | inferior; having low moral standards; contemptible |
| beguile | delude; cheat; divert |
| bemused | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements |
| blasphemy | irreverent or impious behavior |
| calamity | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune |
| calumny | an abusive attack on a person's character or good name |
| conjured | evoke or call forth, with or as if by magic |
| contemplation | a long or thoughtful observation |
| contemptuous | scornful,disdainful |
| contentious | involving or likely to cause controversy |
| diabolism | the worship of the devils (especially Satan) |
| ecstatic | feeling great rapture or delight |
| evade | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
| faction | a dissenting clique |
| hypocrite | professing feelings or virtues one does not have |
| incredulously | in a disbelieving manner |
| indignant | angered at something unjust or wrong |
| inept | revealing lack of perceptiveness or judgment or finesse |
| inert | unable to move or resist motion |
| lechery | unrestrained indulgence in sexual activity |
| licentious | lacking moral discipline |
| menacing | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| pallor | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
| partisan | a supporter of a person, party, or cause; a person with strong and perhaps biased beliefs |
| penitence | the act or state of repenting for one's sins or faults; remorse |
| pretense | the act of giving a false appearence |
| prodigious | so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe |
| providence | the guardianship and control exercised by a deity |
| quail | draw back, as with fear or pain |
| statutes | a law, decree, or edict |
| condemnation | the expression of strong disapproval |
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