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the crucible vocab 1
belcher's vocab quiz
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| unfeeling; insensitively (s): heartlessly (a): sensitively (c): danforth's insensitive questioning of mary warden's honest testimony | callously |
| untroubled (s) undisturbed (a): discombobulated | unperturbed |
| angry (s): mad (a):gratified (c) John Proctor's angry reaction that town officials would accuse him and his family of any type of infractions | indignant |
| with great disbelief (s): skeptically (a) believing (c) danforth's skeptical reaction when asked to believe that abigail williams would murder elizabeth proctor | incredulously |
| eager to make peace (s): pacify (a): antagonize | conciliatory |
| honesty, integrity (s): morality (a): dishonesty (c): governor deputy john danforth's willingness to put his integrity on the line when rendering guilty verdicts in the trials | probity |
| misgiving (s): suspicion (a): certainty (c): john hale's misgivings about the amount of sustained proof against the guilty parties in the trials | qulam |
| confused (s): disoriented (c) the way in which the devil and evil have confused the world into not believing that they exist | befuddled |
| not noticeable (s): indiscernible (a): perceivable | imperceptible |
| awkward confusion; ineptitude (s): blundering (a): dexterous | floundering |
| apprehension; fear (s): dread (a): equanimity (c): abigail's becoming worried that someone would learn the truth about her deceptions | trepidation |
| teasingly fascinated (s): intrigued | tantalized |
| unyielding; rigid (s):inflexible (a): yielding (c): john proctor's unyielding belief that he and other defendants were innocent of all charges involving witchcraft | adamant |
| draw back in fear (s): cringe (a): advance | quail |
| great respect (s): honor (a): disrespect | deference |
| enormous; noteworthy (s): monstrous (a): puny | prodigious |
| very grave; extremely serious (s): arduous (a): simple (c): tituba's strong ability to conduct witchcraft and conjure spirits in the forest | formidable |
| stained with corruption (s): contaminated (a): purity (c): the description of rebecca nurse's reputation after she was accused of witchcraft | tainted |
| ineffectually; clumsily (s): unskillfully (a): adroitly | ineptly |
| hints; premonitions (s): innuendo (a): truth | intimations |
| socially correct behavior (s): proper (a): improper | propriety |
| haggard; thin; drawn (s): emaciated (a): bloated (c): john proctor's thin, emaciated appearance after being kept in jail for several months | gaunt |
| formal separation from the church (s): banishment (a): inclusion | excommunication |
| vengeance for an injury (s): retribution (a): forgiveness | retaliation |
| to use a charm or incantation to summon (s): implored (a): banished (c): tituba's acts of witchcraft in the woods to summon spirits | conjure |
| plentiful (s): bountiful (c): the amount of alleged evidence against martha corey | abundant |
| urbanity: polished manner (s): worldliness (a): naive (c) deputy governor john danforth's manner when conduction courtroom business | sophistication |
| shivering or shaking with fear (s): trembling (a): composed (c): reverent samuel parris's reaction when he thought that salem would be associated with the witchcraft trials while he was the town's minister | quaking |
| pretending; deliberately obscuring the truth (s): insincere (a): sincere (c): abigail's expert attempts to deliberately cover the truth about the girls dancing and practicing witchcraft in the woods | dissembling |
| a secret group or party; clique (s): coalition (a): independent (c): the groups whose purpose was to remove samuel parris from his position in salem | faction |
| whining; continually complaining (s): whimpering (a): content (c): abigail's negative description of elizabeth proctor, whom she intended to replace as john proctor's wife | shiveling |
| submissive (s): complaint (a): assertive (c): mary warden's description as a lonely naive girl | subservient |
| complaining party in a lawsuit (s): accuser (a): defendant (c): giles corey's role 33 times in the courtroom as an accuser | plaintiff |
| spotless; holy (s): unblemished (a): filthy | immaculate |
| motionless with horror (s): mesmerized (c): the girls in a mesmerized state when staring at the evil bird in the rafters | transfixed |
| widely and unfavorably known (s): infamous (a): honorable (c): the sign of witchcraft appearing in salem | notorious |
| paleness (s): colorless (a): colorful (c): mary waren's pale appearance when she claimed to be sick | pallor |
| make better (s): improve (a): worsen | ameliorate |
| crafty; cunning (s): sly (a): honest (c): reverend john hale's description of the devil's cunning ways in gaining a foothold in salem | wily |
| strong unpleasant smell (s): stink (c): the unpleasent smell in the jail where the salem judges imprisoned john proctor | stench |
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