The Crucible Vocab Week 2

Question 1

Hypocrisy

Answer 1

a pretense of having qualities/beliefs that ones does not really possess

Question 2

Licentious

Answer 2

lacking moral discipline especially sexually unrestrained

Question 3

ameliorate

Answer 3

to make better; to improve, to relieve

Question 4

Blasphemy

Answer 4

disrespect for a god/religion, profanity

Question 5

Reprimand

Answer 5

to censure severely or angrily

Question 6

Condemnation

Answer 6

expression of strong disapproval; pronouncing as wrong or morally culpable

Question 7

Conviction

Answer 7

unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

Question 8

falter

Answer 8

to move hesitatingly, as if about to give away

Question 9

compact

Answer 9

a signed written agreement between two parties to perform some action

Question 10

indignant

Answer 10

angered at something unjust or wrong

Question 11

concede

Answer 11

to admit to a wrongdoing; to surrender or yield

Question 12

deference

Answer 12

courteous regard for people’s feelings

Question 13

evade

Answer 13

to avoid, or try to avoid, fulfilling, answering or preforming (duties, questions, or issues)

Question 14

Subtle

Answer 14

difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or to analyze