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Crucible Vocab 1-2
11A review of Crucible vocabulary words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abominations | things that elicit great dislike or abhorrence |
| anarchy | political disorder or confusion |
| antagonists | adversaries; opponents |
| ascertain | to find out; detect |
| bemused | confused |
| calumny | false statements, knowingly made to injure someone |
| conjured | summoned by oath or spell |
| diabolism | witchcraft; sorcery |
| ecstatic | in a state of exalted or excited delight |
| evade | escape or avoid with cleverness or deceit |
| faction | a small group within a larger one |
| hypocrites | people who say they believe one way but whose actions show they believe another |
| inert | unable to move or act |
| licentious | having no regard for accepted rules or standards |
| partisan | militant supporter of a party, cause, faction, or idea |
| prodigious | extraordinary; marvelous |
| propitiation | appeasement; to satisfy |
| quail | to lose courage; decline; fail |