The Crucible Flashcards

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Predilection

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A personal reference

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Ideology

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A body of ideas in the areas of religion

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Theocracy

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A government run by religion

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Abomination

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A dreadful or immoral thing

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Providence

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Control exercised by God

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Prodigious

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Great in size

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Lascivious

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Characterized by lust;lewdness

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Blasphemy

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A profane act against God

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Vengeance

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Revenge

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Supernatural

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Beyond the physical world

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Vestry

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A dressing, storage, or meeting room in a church

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Pretense

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A false appearance or action

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Deposition

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A written testimony under oath in a court of law

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Plantiff

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The party that institutes a suit in a court

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Ipso Facto

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By the fact itself

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Probity

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Complete and confirmed integrity

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Gibbet

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The gallows; where they hang people

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Adamant

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Not willing to change one’s mind

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Effrontery

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Someone who engages in an inappropiate sexual act

20
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Daft

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Crazy; foolish

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Lecher

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Someone who engages in an inappropiate sexual act

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Auger

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A tool used to drill holes

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Testament

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A petition

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Excommunication

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Permanently kicked out of church

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Indictment

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Enough evidence to proceed with trial

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He will not name others
He refuses to sign his name
Let it be nailed to the church door
Hand over the paper

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