Acts 1&2 Crucible Vocab Flashcards

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Trepidation

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Alarm or dread

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Vindictive

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Vengeful (seeking revenge)

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Trafficked

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Trade

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Titillated

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Excite or arouse agreeably

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Theocracy

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Government which considers God supreme ruler

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Rankle

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Continue to cause resentment within the mind

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Predilection

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Tendency to think favorably of something in particular

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Parochial

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Of or pertaining to a parish

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Paradox

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Self contradicting and false proposition

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Motif

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Recurring subject, theme, idea, esp in lit, art, or music

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Junta

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Spanish term for “a small elite council”

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Innate

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Inborn, existing in one from birth

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Ingratiating

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Charming, agreeable, pleasing

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Ideology

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The body of doctrine, myth, belief, etc that guides an individual, social movement, institution

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Grievances

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A complaint or resentment

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Formidable

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Causing fear, apprehension or dread

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Deference

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Respectful courteous regard to person or judgement

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Dallied

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To waste time, loiter, delay

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Corroborate

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To make more certain, confirm

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Contention

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Struggling together in opposition a striving rivalry, competition

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Conjure

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To affect or influence by or as if by spell or magic

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Confirm

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To est truth

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Blatant

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Very obvious

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Begrudge

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To envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone

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Abyss

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Deep, immeasurable space or gulf or cavity

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Abominations

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Anything freely disliked, intense aversion