The Crucible Final Vocab
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Calumny | the act of uttering false charges maliciously calculated to damage another's reputation |
| Faction | a secret group; a clique |
| Intimations | hints; suggestions |
| Juncture | Points of time |
| Licentious | Lacking legal or moral restraints |
| Paradox | A statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet may be true |
| Propriety | Socially acceptable behavior and speech |
| Providence | An event guided by God or devine leadership |
| Smirched | Discredited or disgraced |
| Trepidation | Fearful, uncertain agitation; apprehension |
| Ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| crone | a withered old woman |
| Flailing | searching in frustration; often with arms moving wildly |
| Pallor | paleness |
| Quail | to recoil in dread or terror |
| Tainted | Contaminated; corrupted |
| Befuddled | Confused |
| Callously | In a manner of feeling or showing no emotion |
| Deferentially | in a manner of showing respect and esteem due to a superior or an elder |
| Deposition | In depth testimony taken down in writing under oath |
| Effrontery | Shameless boldness; arrogant; insulting |
| Imperceptible | Extremely slight; gradual or subtle |
| Plaintiff | A person who brings a legal action against another |
| Probity | Honesty; Integrity; adherence to the highest principals and ideals |
| Manifest | Evidence of; appearance; sign |
| Wrath | Retributory punishment for an offense or a crime |
| Adamant | Unyielding; unshakable or immovable especially in opposition |
| Agape | Being in a state of wonder |
| Beguile | to mislead or deceive someone |
| Conciliatory | Eager to make peace; to reconcile |
| Reprieve | to delay punishment |
| Retaliation | Returning like for like; vengeance for an injury |
| Abominations | Sources of utter disgust or intense dislike; hateful; disgusting actions |
| Disputation | Verbal controversy; debate; argument |
| Dissembling | Concealing the facts; hiding under false pretense |
| Prodigious | Strange; unusual |
| Sibilance | a hissing sound |
| Trafficked | Traded; had dealings or associations with |
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