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The Crucible Flashcards

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Bewildered

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Adjective

Completely puzzled or confused

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Covenanted

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Verb

To promise by covenant

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Abyss

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Noun

A deep, immeasurable space, gulf, or cavity

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Corroborating

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Verb

To make more certain

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Demonic

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Adjective

Inspired by the devil

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Conjure

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Verb

To affect or influence by invocation

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Propriety

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Noun

Conformity to established standards of good behaviour or manners

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Lucifer

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Noun

A proud and rebellious archangel

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Crucible

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Noun

A metal container to heat substances

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Overture

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Noun

An initiating move to negotiation

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Theocracy

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Noun

God-based government

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Dissembling

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Verb

To give false or misleading information

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Trafficked

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Verb

To trade or deal in a specific commodity or service

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Providence

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Noun

The foreseeing care and guidance from God

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Vindictive

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Adjective

Disposed or inclined to revenge

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Supernatural

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Adjective

Pertaining to things beyond what is natural and explainable

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Calumny

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Noun

A false and malicious statement to injure one’s reputation

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Iniquity

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Noun

A gross injustice or wickedness

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Defamation

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Noun

The act of defaming

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Inculcation

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Noun

The act of inculcation

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Antagonist

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Noun

One who is apposed to the protagonist

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Malign

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Verb

To speak harmful untruths

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Diabolical

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Adjective

Having the qualities of the devil

24
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Diametrically

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Adjective

Pertaining to a diameter

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Malevolence

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Noun

The state or condition of being malevolent

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Exaltation

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Noun

A feeling or state of extreme happiness

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Trepidation

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Noun

A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

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Fiend

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Noun

An evil spirit or demon

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Puritanical

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Adjective

Practicing or affecting strict religious or moral behaviour

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Fetish

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Noun

An inanimate object worshiped for its supposed magical powers

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Sorcery

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Noun

The use of magic

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Propitiation

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Noun

The action of propitiating or appeasing a god, spirit or person

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Theology

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Noun

The study of the nature of God

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Contempt

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Noun

The feeling that a person or a thing is beneath consideration

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Sarcasm

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Noun

The use of irony to mock or convey contempt

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Ameliorate

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Verb

To make something unsatisfactory better

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Fraud

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Noun

Wrongful or criminal deception intended to result in financial or personal gain

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Penitence

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Noun

A feeling of regret for one’s sins or misdeeds

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Purge

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Verb

To rid someone of an unwanted feeling

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Conspiracy

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Noun

A secret plan by a group to do something unlawful or harmful

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Indictment

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Noun

A formal charge or accusation of a serious crime

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Reprieve

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Verb

To cancel or postpone the punishment of someone

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Mimic

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Verb

To imitate someone or their actions or words

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Guile

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Noun

Sly or cunning intelligence

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Apparition

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Noun

A ghost or ghostlike image of a person

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Plaintiff

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Noun

A person who brings a case against another in the court of law

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Deposition

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Noun

The action of deposing somebody

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Remorseless

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Adjective

Without regret or guilt

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Prosecutor

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Noun

A person who institutes legal proceedings against another

50
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Vestry

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Noun

A room or building attached to a church that is used as an office for changing into vestments

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