The Crucible - Act 4 Vocabulary

The Crucible

Act 4 Vocabulary

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Students' cell phone use in schools has become a point of contention, with parents, students, and teachers all having different opinions about it.

• agreement, similar opinions

• humor

• abuse, disrespect

• dispute, controversy

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The contention created a wedge between the parents and their teenage children.

• noun

• adjective

(n.) - dispute or controversy

contention

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The unfair tax laws sparked a rebellion that pitted the colonists against the King of England.

• resistance to authority

• a conflict between two equal parties

• a war that lasts many years

• a war that takes place on opposite sides of an ocean

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The rebellion ended when the colonists won their freedom.

• noun

• adjective

(n.) - resistance to or defying of control, tradition, or authority

rebellion

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John Proctor knows he will be condemned to die on the gibbet if he does not confess.

• gallows where people are hanged

• electric chair

• a large rock in a public place

• jail

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The gibbet was located in the center of Salem.

• noun

• adjective

(n.) - a gallows from which the bodies of criminals were left hanging for public viewing

gibbet

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The rebels believed themselves to be a legitimate army, acting for a righteous cause.

• bloody, violent

• immoral, incorrect, or unjustified

• morally right or justified

• friendly, kind

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The righteous cause was fair treatment of women, children, and people with disabilities.

• noun

• adjective

(adj.) - morally right or justified

righteous

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Don’t think you are going to end this argument with your conciliatory attitude!

• peacemaking; intended to satisfy

• loud and talkative

• accusing

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Even though Henry hated fruit cake, he still accepted the conciliatory gift from his neighbor.

• noun

• adjective

(adj.) - intended to satisfy or placate

conciliatory

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In retaliation for his turning on the mob, several gangsters killed the snitch's entire family.

• revenge

• support

• crime

• happiness

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Although he knew retaliation would only lead to more pain, the victim plotted a revenge attack.

• noun

• adjective

(n.) - revenge; the action of harming someone in response to something equally hurtful

retaliation

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According to Christian religion, the birth of Jesus was a divine miracle.

• created by God

• unexpected

• done without supernatural help

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The sunset was so beautiful that it seemed divine.

• noun

• adjective

(adj.) - of, from, or like God

divine

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The police officer's intervention prevented the crime.

• failure to act

• acting in a negative way

• providing medical support

• action taken to improve a situation

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In mythological tales, the divine intervention of the gods is what usually changes a person’s fate.

• noun

• adjective

(n.) - action taken to improve a situation

intervention

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Showing no penitence for the crimes he committed, the murderer refused to say that he was sorry

• providing support for another person in time of trouble

• payment made in exchange for something

• accepting a punishment without arguing

• showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong

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The regretful child’s penitence showed in the apology letter she wrote her teacher after being disrespectful in class.

• noun

• adjective

(n.) - the action of feeling or showing sorrow and regret for having done wrong

penitence

(n.) - a pig or pigs

swine