The Crucible - list 7

Question 1

arbitrate

Answer 1

v. to act as a judge or as
one with power to
decide a dispute

Question 2

blatant

Answer 2

adj. completely obvious,
conspicuous, or
obtrusive esp. in a crass
or offensive manner

Question 3

calumny

Answer 3

n. a misrepresentation
intended to harm
another’s reputation

Question 4

corroborate

Answer 4

v. to support with
evidence or
authority; to make
certain, confirm

Question 5

dissembling

Answer 5

adj. putting on a false
appearance to conceal
facts, intentions or
feelings under some
pretense

Question 6

Dionysiac

Answer 6

adj. characteristic of
Dionysus, Greek god of
wine and revelry

Question 7

insoluble

Answer 7

adj. relating to the process of
passing from one
proposition considered
true to another whose
truth is believed to follow
from that of the former

Question 8

juncture

Answer 8

n. 1. joint, connection;
2. a place or point of
meeting; 3. a point of
time, esp. one made
crucial by a concurrence
of circumstances

Question 9

magistrate

Answer 9

n. an official entrusted with
the administration of
laws

Question 10

maraud

Answer 10

v. to roam about and
raid in search of
plunder

Question 11

ne’ er do well

Answer 11

n. an idle, worthless
person

Question 12

ordinance

Answer 12

n. an authoritative
decree or direction;
order

Question 13

paradox

Answer 13

N. a statement seemingly
contradictory or opposed
to common sense yet
perhaps true

Question 14

perpetuation

Answer 14

n. the act of making
perpetual or causing
to last indefinitely

Question 15

predilection

Answer 15

an established
preference for
something.

Question 16

propriety

Answer 16

n. 1. true nature; 2. a
special characteristic;
3. the quality or state of
being proper;
appropriateness

Question 17

rankle

Answer 17

v. to cause anger,
irritation, or deep
bitterness

Question 18

smirch

Answer 18

v. 1. to make dirty, stained,
or discolored; 2. to bring
discredit or disgrace on

Question 19

succubus

Answer 19

n. a demon assuming
female form thought to
lie on sleeping men

Question 20

inferential

Answer 20

adj. relating to the process of
passing from one
proposition considered
true to another whose
truth is believed to follow
from that of the former