Act 2 Vocab - The Crucible

v) to criticize severely or angrily

• Reprimand

• friction

• condem

• conviction

Match the following

• (n) an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence

• conviction

• (V) to move hesitatingly, as if about to give away

• ameliorate

• (v) to make better

• pallor

• (adj) full of difficulty or confusion or bewilderment

• falter

• (n) unnatural lack of color in the skin

• perplexed

When you made the deal, you signed a legal ____ between each party.

• commitment

• compact

• documentary

• marriage

Fill in the blank with the BEST vocabulary word: Jessica was being _____ when she refused to close the classroom door, even though it was raining outside.

• defiant

• stubborn

• rude

• indignant

If your grandmother is doting on you she is_______.

• going to put you in time out if you're bad

• showering you with love and gifts.

• never going to bake you a birthday cake.

• going to eventually block you on her phone 😂

Based on the context clues choose the correct meaning of the underlined word:

Jennifer conceded to the administrator and offered to tutor the boy she had been bullying in class.

• to give or make an apology.

• to agree

• to be disrespectful and defiant

• admit to wrongdoing

Match the following

• deference

• (n) courteous of others feelings

• tainted

• (adj) touched by rot or decay

• subtle

• (adj) lack of skill

• evade

• (adj)difficult to detect

• ineptly

• (v) to avoid

Fill in the blank: She was an _____ walker every morning, fitness an important part of her daily routine.

• grapple

• avid

• evade

• indignant

Jonh Proctor and Abigale Williams committed ______, which in 1686 is a crime punishable by death.

• treason

• grand theft

• robbery

• lechery

Use the word grapple in a sentence that has clear context clues relating ot the meaning of the word.