The Crucible Act 3 and 4 Vocab

Question 1

Auger

Answer 1

a tool for boring holes

Question 2

Contentious

Answer 2

argumentative; inclined to quarrel

Question 3

Denounce

Answer 3

to accuse formally

Question 4

Effrontery

Answer 4

brashness; shamelessness

Question 5

Forbidding

Answer 5

having a menacing appearance

Question 6

Immaculate

Answer 6

free from error

Question 7

Gait

Answer 7

the speed of proceeding

Question 8

Imperceptible

Answer 8

barely noticeable

Question 9

Inaudibly

Answer 9

not capable of being heard

Question 10

Prodigious

Answer 10

enormous

Question 10

Probity

Answer 10

complete honesty; integrity

Question 11

Qualm

Answer 11

a doubt

Question 12

Remorseless

Answer 12

having no mercy or compassion

Question 13

Slovenly

Answer 13

untidy

Question 14

Sublime

Answer 14

surpreme

Question 15

Transfix

Answer 15

to paralyze with horror or shock

Question 16

Unintelligible

Answer 16

not able to be understood

Question 17

Undermine

Answer 17

to weaken or damage

Question 18

Adamant

Answer 18

not responding to pleas

Question 19

Beguile

Answer 19

to deceive

Question 20

Conciliatory

Answer 20

trying to overcome

Question 21

Disputation

Answer 21

an argument

Question 22

Flail

Answer 22

to shake about wildly

Question 23

Gaunt

Answer 23

extremely pale

Question 24

Gibbet

Answer 24

a gallows

Question 25

Penitence

Answer 25

the remorse for one’s sin

Question 26

Purge

Answer 26

to deanse of sin

Question 27

Quavering

Answer 27

trembling

Question 28

Sibilance

Answer 28

a hissing sound