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The Crucible Flashcards

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Crucible

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a concentrated force that influences change; a severe test; a challenge

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Overture

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A beginning; a prelude

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Rankle

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To continue to cause annoyance or pain

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Paradox

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Self-contradictory, yet logically could be true

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Theocracy

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A religion-based government

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Ideological

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Relates to a system of ideals about theory or policy

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Manifestation

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A physical thing or event which embodies a theory or idea

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Dissembling

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To conceal true motives, feelings, or beliefs

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Vindictive

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A strong desire for revenge

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Formidable

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Feared for being impressively strong, tall, or powerful

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Trill

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A high quavering or warbling sound

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Prodigious

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Remarkably or intensively great in many aspects

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Canny

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Having good powers of judgement

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Exude

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Display or discharge something

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Partisans

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People who support a party or control an area

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Iniquity

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Immoral or grossly unfair behavior

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Quail

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To give way; to recoil

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Writ

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Someone/something’s power to enforce submission or law

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Bemused

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Confused or puzzled

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Diametrically

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Extremely and completely opposed

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Methodical

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To complete or do something systematically

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Inculcation

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Instilling knowledge or values in someone

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Enthrall

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To capture the attention of

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Abrogation

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destroying a law, right, etc.; abolition

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Arbiter

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Someone who settles a dispute; a mediator

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Diabolism

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To worship the devil

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Loftily

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Done in such a way to show your superiority

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Ameliorate

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To make something once unsatisfactory better

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Jabberer

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Someone who talks rapidly and unintelligibly

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Daft

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Silly or foolish

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Calamity

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A catastrophe

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Vengeance

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Punishment inflicted for injury or wrongdoing

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Lechery

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Adultery; to cheat on your spouse/partner

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Pretense

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A false claim

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Remorseless

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Without pity or empathy

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Contentious

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Controversial

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Effrontery

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Insolent, impertinent behavior

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Qualm

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An uneasy feeling about something, especially an action

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ipso facto

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by the very fact

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Probity

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Having strong moral principles

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Deposition

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A statement made outside the court

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Gulling

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Fooling or deceiving

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Gibbet

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The gallows

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Beguile

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To charm or enchant in a deceptive way

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Sibilance

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A hissing quality of sound

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Penitence

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Repentance; showing sorrow for a sin

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