The Crucible

Question 1

Adament

Answer 1

(adjective) unshakable or insistent, in maintaining a position or opinion; unyielding
The tree house is adamant because the storm did not knock it over.

Question 2

Afflict

Answer 2

(verb) Humble- overthrow/ distress to severely as to cause prescient suffering or anguish.
My brother was very afflicted when he found out he got his phone stolen.

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

(verb) To lead by deception/ hoodwink/ to while away esp. by some agreeable occupation; also divert.
I used my sisters ID to beguile the waiter.

Question 4

Confounded

Answer 4

(Adjective) confused/ perplexed/ damned

I was confounded when my mom and dad left the house.

Question 5

Contention

Answer 5

(noun) an act of instance of contending/ a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument/ Rivalry competition.
Contention radio should always be started with the package.

Question 6

Contiguous

Answer 6

(Adjective) being in actual contact; touching along a boundary or at a point/ Adjacent/ next or near in time or sequence
Contiguous premises, susceptible animals will still be killed.

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

(noun) Respect and esteem due a superior or an elder; affected or ingratiating regard for another’s wishes
Deference in society as a whole.

Question 8

Effrontery

Answer 8

(noun) shameless boldness- insolence

Despite himself, the professor smiles at the young effrontery before him.

Question 9

Formidable

Answer 9

(adjective) causing fear, dread or apprehension, having qualities that discourage approach
These considerations at present impose a rather formidable barrier to new investment.

Question 10

Grave

Answer 10

(noun) an excavation for burial of a body

When someone passes away that are put into a grave.

Question 11

Incredulous

Answer 11

(adjective) unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true; not credulous; skeptical/ incredible/ expressing incredulity
Her friends are incredulous and soon grow extremely jealous.

Question 12

Malign

Answer 12

(adjective) evil in nature, influence, or effect

Their malign neglect has been with purpose.

Question 13

Manifestation

Answer 13

(noun) the act, process, or an instance of manifesting/ a perceptible, outward or visible expression
The act of giving is only a manifestation of love.

Question 14

Predilection

Answer 14

(noun) an established preference for something

The objectification was tied to a predilection for violence.

Question 15

Pretense

Answer 15

(noun) a claim made or implied; esp: one not supported by fact
He makes no pretense to being an orator.

Question 16

Prodigious

Answer 16

(adjective) being an omen: Portentous/ resembling or befitting a prodigy: strange unusual/ exciting amazement or wonder
The legal costs involved in this enormous litigation could be prodigious .

Question 17

Purged

Answer 17

(verb) to clear of guilt, to free from moral or ceremonial defilement
In such places, all countervailing opinions will be purged from the population.

Question 18

Quail

Answer 18

(noun) a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird

After returning home he goes quail shooting every two weeks without fail.

Question 19

Rankle

Answer 19

(verb) to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness

Rankle more than any other defeat.

Question 20

Sniveling

Answer 20

(verb) to run at the nose/ headcold

The children were sniveling because they weren’t allowed to play in the snow.