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the crucible
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abominations | things that elicit great dislike or abhorrence |
| anarchy | political disorder or confusion |
| anonymity | secrecy, having an unknown or unacknowledged name |
| antagonists | adversaries, opponents |
| audible | able to be heard |
| avidly | enthusiastically |
| base | having low moral standards, contemptible, inferior |
| bemused | confused |
| blasphemy | an irreverent or impious act or utterance |
| calamity | disaster |
| calumny | false statements knowingly made to injure someone |
| condemnation | severe reproof, strong censure |
| conjured | summoned by oath or spell |
| contemptuous | scornful, disdainful |
| contentious | quarrelsome |
| daft | crazy, foolish, stupid |
| diabolism | witchcraft, sorcery |
| ecstatic | in a state of exalted delight |
| effrontery | audacity, insulting boldness |
| evade | escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit |
| faction | small group, usually contentious, within a larger group |
| fraud | deliberate deception for unfair or unlawful gains |
| hypocrites | people who say they believe one way, but whose actions show they believe another |
| indignant | filled with anger aroused by something unjust or unworthy |
| ineptly | awkwardly |
| inert | unable to move or act |
| lechery | promiscuity |
| licentious | having no regard for accepted rules or standards |
| menacingly | threatening |
| pallor | extreme paleness |
| partisan | militant supporter of a party, cause, faction or idea |
| perplexed | bewildered, puzzled, confused |
| prodigious | extraordinary, marvelous |
| propitiation | appeasement |
| providence | work or diving direction |
| quail | to lose courage, decline, fail, give away |
| qualm | a sensation of misgiving or uneasiness |
| sarcastical | expressing mocking or contemptuous remarks |
| tainted | having a moral defect, infected |
| ascertain | find out, detect |
| audible | able to be heard |
| allegiance | loyalty |
| manifest | something apparent to the sight or understanding |
| remorselessly | mercilessly, having no pity or compassion |
| contemplation | rendered motionless with terror, amazement or awe |
| pretense | the act of pretending |
| transfixed | thoughtful observation or mediation |
| beguiled | delude, cheat, divert |
| reprieve | postponement of punishment |
| statutes | a law, decree or edict |
| adamant | firm in purpose or opinion, unyielding |
| incredulously | disbelievingly |
| indictment | statement of criminal charges |
| penitence | performing of penance |
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kherniman
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