Crucible Vocabulary List #1

Question 1

Dissembling

Answer 1

Concealing the facts; hiding under a false pretense; lying

Question 2

Propriety

Answer 2

Socially acceptable behavior and speech

Question 3

Heathen

Answer 3

An uncivilized or irreligious person; pagan

Question 4

Faction

Answer 4

Group; secret faction; clique

Question 5

Sniveling

Answer 5

Speaking or acting in a whining, sniffling, pitiful, tearful, or weakly emotional manner

Question 6

Deference

Answer 6

Respect and esteem due a superior or an elder

Question 7

Providence

Answer 7

Event guided by God or divine leadership

Question 8

Corroborating

Answer 8

Supporting with evidence

Question 9

Intimations

Answer 9

Hints; suggestions

Question 10

Trepidation

Answer 10

Timorous uncertain agitation; apprehension

Question 11

Subservient

Answer 11

Servile; cringing manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position

Question 12

Partisans

Answer 12

Members of a party

Question 13

Calumny

Answer 13

The act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to damage another’s reputations

Question 14

Titillated

Answer 14

Aroused; excited

Question 15

Sidles

Answer 15

Moves or turns sideways in a furtive manner

Question 16

Pretense

Answer 16

False show

Question 17

Covenanted

Answer 17

Formally enrolled in the church

Question 18

Proigious

Answer 18

Strange; unusual; portentous

Question 19

Canny

Answer 19

Clever, shrewd, crafty

Question 20

Exudes

Answer 20

Spreads out in all directions