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Witches! Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Witchcraft/Witch (p14 & 23) | the accused has made a pact with the Devil |
| Bewitched (p22) | controlled or affected, as if by a magic spell |
| Puritan (p13) | a member of a group of English Protestants who require strict religious discipline |
| Pious (p15) | strictly religious; church-going; God-fearing |
| Wrath (p17) | extreme anger |
| Natural World (p14) | everything we can see and touch |
| Invisible World (p14) | shadowy apparitions and unearthly phantoms |
| Afflicted (p22) | to be agonized or anguished; to be extremely troubled or worried; having fits |
| Contort/Contortions (p19) | a twisted or bent condition |
| Banishing (p13) | sending someone away from a place (as an official punishment) |
| Malice (p14) | the desire to do evil |
| Specter/spectral (p43) | apparition; vision; ghost |
| Magistrate (p32) | a type of judge who runs a court that deals with minor cases or holds preliminary hearings for more serious cases |