The Crucible

Question 1

Adamant

Answer 1

Adj.

utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals.

(They were adamant about going to see the movie.)

Question 2

Afflict

Answer 2

Verb

To distress with mental or bodily pain.

(The diseases afflicted the whole town.)

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

Verb

To influence by trickery.

(The cars sales man beguile the buyer to buy a car.)

Question 4

Confounded

Answer 4

Adj.

bewildered, confused, perplexed

(I was confounded when i saw the dog walking on two legs.)

Question 5

Contention

Answer 5

Noun

a struggling together in opposition

(Thier is contention between a hero and a villian.)

Question 6

Contiguous

Answer 6

Adj.

touching, in contact

(The car was contiguous to the building.)

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

Noun

respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion.

(People might have a deference in opinion.)

Question 8

Effrontery

Answer 8

Noun

shameless or impudent boldness,barefaced audacity.

(The theme of the story was effrontery. it helped me so much more to understand the story.)

Question 9

Formidable

Answer 9

Adj.

causing fear, apprehension, or dread.

(The children seemed formidable when they saw the monster.)

Question 10

Grave

Answer 10

Noun

an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body.

(The grave was very deep.)

Question 11

Incredulous

Answer 11

Adj

not credulous, disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.

(she listened to his explanation with an incredulous smile.)

Question 12

Malign

Answer 12

Verb

to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of

(He would malign her in front of everyone.)

Question 13

Manifestation

Answer 13

Noun

a public demonstration, as for political effect

(the elephant was being a manifestation in the room.)

Question 14

Predilection

Answer 14

Noun

a tendency to think favorably of something in particular

(Predilection for poetry.)

Question 15

Pretense

Answer 15

Noun

pretending or feigning, make-believe

( I make no pretense of being able to adress all your problems.)

Question 16

Prodigious

Answer 16

Adj

extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force.

(The man was prodigious compared to the child.)

Question 17

Purged

Answer 17

Verb

to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable, cleanse,purify

(I purged all the food into my belly.)

Question 18

Quail

Answer 18

Noun

a small, migratory, gallinaceous game bird, Coturnix coturnix, of the Old World

(There were many quails in the sky)

Question 19

Rankle

Answer 19

Verb

to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.

(Rankles 30 years on, but i feel much better now it’s out in the open.)

Question 20

Sniveling

Answer 20

Verb

to weep or cry with sniffling

(I was sniveling when i was bullied.)