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The Crucible Vocab
Term | Definition |
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dissembling | pretending; deliberately obscuring the truth |
reprieve | temporary postponement of a punishment |
propriety | socially correct behavior |
eager to make peace | conciliatory |
intimations | hints; premonitions |
formal separation from the church | excommunication |
very grave; extremely serious | formidable |
with disbelief | incredulously |
enormous; noteworthy | prodigious |
unfeeling; insensitively | callously |
honesty; integrity | probity |
slander; make false and damaging statements about someone | defamation |
promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual manners | licentious |
to make better | ameliorate |
shameless boldness | effrontery |
crafty; cunning; tricky | wily |
with great respect | deferentially |
ineffectually; clumsily | ineptly |
sworn written statement | affidavit |
excessive or offensive sexual desire; lustfulness | lechery |