The Crucible Act 3 and 4 Vocab Flashcards

1
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Auger

A

a tool for boring holes

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2
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Contentious

A

argumentative; inclined to quarrel

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3
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Denounce

A

to accuse formally

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4
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Effrontery

A

brashness; shamelessness

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5
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Forbidding

A

having a menacing appearance

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6
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Immaculate

A

free from error

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7
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Gait

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the speed of proceeding

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8
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Imperceptible

A

barely noticeable

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9
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Inaudibly

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not capable of being heard

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10
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Prodigious

A

enormous

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10
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Probity

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complete honesty; integrity

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11
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Qualm

A

a doubt

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12
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Remorseless

A

having no mercy or compassion

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13
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Slovenly

A

untidy

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14
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Sublime

A

surpreme

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15
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Transfix

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to paralyze with horror or shock

16
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Unintelligible

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not able to be understood

17
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Undermine

A

to weaken or damage

18
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Adamant

A

not responding to pleas

19
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Beguile

A

to deceive

20
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Conciliatory

A

trying to overcome

21
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Disputation

A

an argument

22
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Flail

A

to shake about wildly

23
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Gaunt

A

extremely pale

24
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Gibbet

A

a gallows

25
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Penitence

A

the remorse for one’s sin

26
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Purge

A

to deanse of sin

27
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Quavering

A

trembling

28
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Sibilance

A

a hissing sound