The Crucible

Question 1

Utterly unyielding in attitude or opinion in spite of all appeals, urging. (adjective) The adamant personality of the lady stood out in the office.

Answer 1

Adamant

Question 2

To distress so severely as to cause persistent suffering or anguish. (verb) The man was afflicted by the scene of the car accident.

Answer 2

Afflict

Question 3

To influence by trickery, flattery or be mislead. (verb) I beguile the dog to get out of the road and into my yard.

Answer 3

Beguile

Question 4

To bewildered, confused or perplexed. (adjective) I was confounded after failing my math test.

Answer 4

Confounded

Question 5

A struggling together in opposition, strife. (noun) My friend and I had a contention after disagreeing with a question.

Answer 5

Contention

Question 6

Touching or in contact with. (adjective) I was contiguous after getting the flu and had to stay home from school.

Answer 6

Contiguous

Question 7

The respectful submission or yielding to the judgement and opinion of another. (noun) I had a deference after not answering my racist uncle’s comments.

Answer 7

Deference

Question 8

Shameless, impudent boldness or barefaced audacity. (noun) I couldn’t believe my girlfriend had the effrontery to lie to me.

Answer 8

Effrontery

Question 9

Causing fear, apprehension or dread (adjective) I was formidable toward my little sister on Halloween.

Answer 9

Formidable

Question 10

An excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body or any place that becomes the receptacle of what is dead or past. (noun) After my grandmother died we decorated here grave with flowers.

Answer 10

Grave

Question 11

Disinclined or indisposed to believe, skeptical. (adjective) I was incredulous after my family told me i didn’t need to go to school.

Answer 11

Incredulous

Question 12

To speak harmful untruths about, speak evil or to slander. (verb) I would malign about the kid i hated in my grade.

Answer 12

Malign

Question 13

Outward or perceptible indication, materialization (noun) The manifestation was blamed toward the teacher.

Answer 13

Manifestation

Question 14

A tendency to think favorably of something in particular or preference. (noun) The predilection of my team winning was proven by history.

Answer 14

Predilection

Question 15

Pretending or feigning, make-believe (noun) The pretense of hiding a lie from my mother was hard.

Answer 15

Pretense

Question 16

Extraordinary in size or amount (adjective) The prodigious pumpkin was the biggest i had ever seen.

Answer 16

Prodigious

Question 17

To rid of whatever is impure or undesirable, cleanse (verb) The priest purged all the evil spirits out of the haunted house.

Answer 17

Purged

Question 18

A small migratory and gallinaceous game bird. (noun) The quail was a beautiful and quick bird.

Answer 18

Quail

Question 19

To continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind. (verb) After my friend betrayed me i couldn’t rankle the thought from my head.

Answer 19

Rankle

Question 20

To weep or cry with sniffling (verb) The girl was sniveling after she got into a fight with her boyfriend.

Answer 20

Sniveling