The Crucible Vocabulary 10/03/22

Question 1

Conviction

Answer 1

Noun - The state of mind of a person who’s sure that what they say is true

Question 2

Dismiss

Answer 2

Verb - To treat unworthy of consideration or to allow to take leave

Question 3

Afflict

Answer 3

Verb - To cause physical or emotional pain or suffering, usually not just briefly

Question 4

Marvel

Answer 4

Verb - To be amazed at

Question 5

Faction (sect)

Answer 5

Noun - A smaller, dissenting group of people within a larger group

Question 6

Fathom

Answer 6

Verb - To understand fully, DEEPLY

Question 7

Prodigious

Answer 7

Adjective - Great in size, force, extent, or degree

Question 8

Partisan (supporter)

Answer 8

Noun - A person who STRONGLY supports something or someone (I’m a partisan of no-school Fridays)

Question 9

Falter

Answer 9

Verb - To move hesitantly, as if to fall
Example: the stranger falters out of the thicket and drops to his knees

Question 10

Defer (give into/respected)

Answer 10

Verb - To yield to another’s wish or opinion
Example: She deferred to her father’s wishes

Question 11

Gaunt

Answer 11

Adjective - Very thin from disease, hunger, or cold

Question 12

Apparition (ghost)

Answer 12

Noun - A ghostly or supernatural appearing figure
Example: Startled at what seemed like an apparition, Knebel snapped out of her suicidal trance and quickly found an alibi.

Question 13

Contention (competition)

Answer 13

Noun - The act of competing (for profit/prize)
Example: Tiger Woods splashed his way into contention in the New Zealand Open

Question 14

Calumny (defamation)

Answer 14

Noun - A false accusation of an offense (made in order to damage someone’s rep)
Example: Contrary to the calumnies offered by both progressives and populists, the president isn’t a bad person

Question 15

Conjure

Answer 15

Verb - To summon into action or bring into existence by magic

Question 16

Blanch

Answer 16

Verb - To turn pale in fear

Question 17

Evade

Answer 17

Verb - To avoid or try avoid fulfilling, answering, or doing

Question 18

Guile (trickery, shrewdness)

Answer 18

Noun - The use of clever and dishonest methods
Example: Shady salesmen usually relies on a combination of quick thinking and guile to sell cars

Question 19

Stench

Answer 19

Noun - A distinctive, unpleasant odor (can be used figuratively)

Question 20

Exude

Answer 20

Verb - To display strongly and openly (but without conscious intent like a character trait)