Crucible

Question 1

Ingratiating

Answer 1

Intended or adopted in order to gain favor, flattering

Question 2

Autocracy

Answer 2

A government in which one person possesses unlimited power

Question 3

Junta

Answer 3

A council for political or governing purposes, a group of persons controlling a government, especially after a revolutionary seizure of power

Question 4

Theocracy

Answer 4

Government by those who are divinely guided, government by religious officials

Question 5

Dissembling

Answer 5

To hide under false pretenses, to lie

Question 6

Propriety

Answer 6

One who has exclusive rights to something

Question 7

Providence

Answer 7

Divine guidance or care

Question 8

Vindictive

Answer 8

Disposed to seek revenge

Question 9

Smirched

Answer 9

To bring discredit or disgrace on; to stain

Question 10

Calumny

Answer 10

The act of uttering false charges about someone, a misrepresentation intended to harm another’s reputation

Question 11

Titillated

Answer 11

To act as a stimulant to pleasurable excitement

Question 12

Iniquity

Answer 12

A gross injustice, wickedness; a wicked act or thing, sin

Question 13

Prodigious

Answer 13

Being an omen, portentous; exciting amazement or wonder

Question 14

Ken

Answer 14

See or recognize; know

Question 15

Lascivious

Answer 15

Lewd, lustful; sexually unchaste, wicked

Question 16

Licentious

Answer 16

Lacking legal or moral restraints; especially disregarding sexual restraints

Question 17

Parochial

Answer 17

Of or relating to a church or parish, of or relating to a church or parish as a unit of local government