The Crucible

Question 1

Adamant

Answer 1

Adjective:
Unshakeable, improvable.
The doctors were adamant that her health would improve.

Question 2

Afflict

Answer 2

Verb:
To distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish.
The disease inflicted millions of people worldwide.

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

Verb:
To lead by deception, to while away by some agreeable occupation.
Some scent of truth they have, else they would not beguile.

Question 4

Confounded

Answer 4

Adjective:
Confused, perplexed, damned.
The boy was confounded at the thought of all the work he had to make up.

Question 5

Contention

Answer 5

Noun:
An act or instence of contending, a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument.
After the teams big win, they knew they were back in contention for first place.

Question 6

Contiguous

Answer 6

Adjective:
To have contact with, touching along a boundary or a point.
The contiguous 48 states are very beautiful in their own ways.

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

Noun:
Respect and esteem due a superior or an elder.
He will take care that all due deference to be paid to his teachers by his classmates.

Question 8

Effrontery

Answer 8

Noun:
Shameless boldness.
His effrontery showed when he shot from half court to win the game before the buzzer sounded.

Question 9

Formidable

Answer 9

Adjective:
Causing fear, dread, or apprehension, having qualities that discourage approach or attack.
The test caused many students who were unprepared to be formidable.

Question 10

Grave

Answer 10

Noun:
Slowley and solemnly.
After the game winning homerun the opposing team left in a grave manor.

Question 11

Incredulous

Answer 11

Adjective:
Unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true, incredible.
He was incredulous when he heard the news that the Government was going to shut down.

Question 12

Malign

Answer 12

Adjective:
Evil in nature or effect, malevolent.
Verb:
Speak about (someone) in a spitefully critical manner.
The malign castle which sat in the heart of Transylvania forced many people to flee when the came upon it.

Question 13

Manifestation

Answer 13

Noun:
Something that manfests or is manifest, an occulent phenomenon, a public demonstration of power or purpose.
The old building turned out to have a massive manifestation of harmful insects.

Question 14

Predilection

Answer 14

Noun:
An established preference for something.
The billionaire had a predilection for the Big Island of Hawaii when he went on vacations.

Question 15

Pretense

Answer 15

Noun:
A claim made or implied, one not supported by fact.
The man made a pretense that his 69’ Chevy had never been driven.

Question 16

Prodigious

Answer 16

Adjective:
Resembling or benefitting a prodigy, strange, unusual, exciting amazement or wonder.
The boys prodigious achievements were thank to Kevin Durant.

Question 17

Purged

Answer 17

Verb:
To clear of guilt, to free from moral or ceremonial defilement.
After the man purged to the crime, he felt free.

Question 18

Quail

Answer 18

Noun:
Any of numerous small gallinaceous birds, to recoil in dread or terror.
There was a quail sound outside the boys window in the dead of the night.

Question 19

Rankle

Answer 19

Verb:
To cause anger, irritation, or dump bitterness.
The bite mark the bug left caused his skin to rankle.

Question 20

Sniveling

Answer 20

Verb:
To run at the nose, to cry or whine with snuffling.
Because of allergy season everyone in the room was sniveling a lot.