Crucible Vocabulary

Abigail was _________ that John Proctor loved her and not his wife. (stubborn or unwavering)

• Disputation

• Adamant

• Collaborator

• Conspirators

John Proctor spoke ___________ to Mary Warren about how the poppet came into the house. (Rude or curt)

• Callously

• Espinoage

• Beckoning

• Brethren

During the legal ___________ the girls would pretend to see spirits and chill from the icy winds.

• Calumny

• Defamation

• Condemnation

• Proceedings

The judges or ______________ always believed the girls even when there wasn't real evidence.

• Vindictive

• Effrontery

• Magristrates

• Remorseless

If John Proctor confessed to working with the devil and repented, he could avoid the town's strong disapproval or _____________ of him.

• Vindictive

• Calumny

• Defamation

• Condemnation

Members of the same church call each other "sisters and brothers" or ______________.

• Brethren

• Deliver

• Espionage

• Beckoning

Abigail Williams told John Proctor that she waited for him every night. She would ___________ to him and ask that he visit her.

• Effrontery

• Conciliatory

• Collaborator

• Beckon

All of the girls that testified here considered _____________________ since they all agreed to work together to lie in court.

• Conspirators

• Defamation

• Vindictive

• Effrontery

The Putnam family had many arguments or ______________ with other families over land boundaries.

• Disputations

• Condemnation

• Magristrates

• Proceedings

Mary Warren ___________ the poppet to Elizabeth Proctor with a needle already in the belly.

• Callously

• Adamant

• Collaborator

• Delivered