The Crucible

Question 1

Adamant

Answer 1

(adjective)unshakable,or immovable;

The ball was adamant when it hit the sandbox.

Question 2

Afflict

Answer 2

(verb)humble;overthrow;to distress so severely, as to cause persistent suffering or anguish trouble,injure;
The family was afflicted with pain when their dog died.

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

(verb) to lead by deception; to while away esp. by some agreeable occupation; to engage the interest of by or as if by guile.
She’d used her daughter’s identity to beguile the two men.

Question 4

Confounded

Answer 4

(adjective) confused,perplexed;Damned

It confounded my senses and rendered them nearly useless.

Question 5

Contention

Answer 5

(noun) an act or instance of contending 2: a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument 3:Rivalry, Competition
To the best of my knowledge, there is absolutely no evidence for this contention.

Question 6

Contiguous

Answer 6

(adjective) being in actual contact: touching along a boundary or at a point 2: of angles:adjacent 3:next or near in time or sequence 4: touching or connecting throughout in an unbroken sequence.
Again, all of these readings are contiguous and present and valid.

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

(noun) respect and esteem due to superior or an elder; also affected or ingratiating regard for another’s wishes
He responded with courtly deference, giving them his full version.

Question 8

Effrontery

Answer 8

(noun)shameless boldness:Insolence

The sheer effrontery of the thing took my breath away.

Question 9

Formidable

Answer 9

(adjective) causing fear,dread, or apphension

The difficulties which seemed so formidable have mysteriously vanished.

Question 10

Grave

Answer 10

(noun) an excavation for burial of a body: a burial place.

I had to visit the grave to see my dead grandpa.

Question 11

Incredulous

Answer 11

(adjective)unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true: not credulous 2: incredible 3:expressing incredulity
They were incredulous, but did not dare to undeceive themselves.

Question 12

Malign

Answer 12

(adjective) evil in nature,influence,or effect:injurious B: malignant, virulent 2: having or showing intense often vicious ill will: malevolent
Their malign neglect has been with purpose.

Question 13

Manifestation

Answer 13

(noun)the act,process,or an instance of manifesting 2:a public demonstration of power and purpose.
This is a manifestation of everything we’ve done and talked about.

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 2: a public demonstration of power and purpose
He makes no pretense to being an actor

Question 16

Prodigious

Answer 16

(adjective) being an omen 2:exciting amazement or wonder 3:extraordinary in bulk,quantity, or degree.
The legal costs involved in this enormous litigation could be prodigious

Question 17

Purged

Answer 17

(verb) something that purges 2: to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable;cleanse;purify
In such places, all countervailing opinions will be purged from the population.

Question 18

Quail

Answer 18

(noun) a small,migratory,gallinaceous game bird

But I neither quiver nor quail.

Question 19

Rankle

Answer 19

(verb) to cause anger,imitation, or deep bitterness 2:to feel anger
Many professors rankle at the notion that they should have to worry about it

Question 20

Sniveling

Answer 20

(verb)to run at the nose 2: to snuff mucus up the nose audibly 3: to cry or whine with snuffling 4:to speak or act in a whining,sniffeling,tearful,or weakly emotional manner.
I was sniveling when i figured i couldn’t go to Ecuador this summer.