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ACT 3 and 4
Vocab quiz The Crucible
Term | Definition |
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Affidavit | A sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before authorized magistrate or officer |
Deposition | Testimony taken down in writing under oath |
Befuddled | muddle, stupefied, confused |
Effrontery | Shameless boldness |
Gait | Peace;a manner or rate of movement or progress |
Callously | In a manner of feeling or showing no emotion |
Auger | A tool used for boring or drilling holes |
Incredulously | Skeptically;with disbelief |
Base | degrading;contemptuous |
Slovenly | Lazily slipshod |
Agape | Being in a state of wonder |
Gibbet | Gallows;an upright post with a projecting arm for hanging the bodies of executed criminals as a warning |
Excommunication | Exclusion from the rights of church membership |
Beguile | Deceive by guile;hoodwink |
Adamant | Unyielding;unshakeable or immovable especially in opposition |