The Crucible Act I Vocabulary

(n.) an absolute monarchy; government where one person holds power

• autocracy

• trepidation

• calumny

• iniquity

(n.) fear, fright, trembling

• inculcation

• trepidation

• licentious

• heathen

(n) a false and malicious accusation; misrepresentation

• compact

• defamation

• calumny

• licentious

(adj.) immense; extraordinary in bulk, size, or degree

• inculcation

• iniquity

• conjure

• prodigious

(n.) wickedness, sin; a grossly immoral act

• iniquity

• inculcation

• heathen

• sniveling

(n.) teaching by repetition or frequent urging

• licentious

• inculcation

• heathen

• marvel

(adj) lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint, especially in sexual conduct

• conjure

• exudes

• licentious

• defamation

(n) an irreligious, uncultured, or uncivilized person

• sniveling

• defamation

• evade

• heathen

(v) to call forth by magic, or as if by magic

• conjure

• marvel

• exudes

• trepidation

(n) whining in a tearful manner

• licentious

• sniveling

• inculcation

• calumny