Vocab Review #9 (The Crucible) Spring 2022

Literally, a ____ is a vessel used for very hot processes, like fusing metals. Another meaning of the word is a very significant and difficult trial or test.

• Crucible

• Calamity

• Penitence

• Reprieve

Scaling Mt. Everest with your legs tied together would be a ____, as would swimming the English Channel blindfolded.

kroo-suh-buhl

To ____ is to be unsteady or uncertain

• Flounder

• Quail

• Reprieve

• Frantic

You can ____ any time you're a little wobbly — like after a long hike or during the last hour of the ACTs.

floun-der-ing

A ____ is a break in or cancellation of a painful or otherwise lousy situation.

• Calamity

• Penitence

• Reprieve

• Crucible

ri-preev

To postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution

ad-uh-muhnt