Act 1 The Crucible vocab

Dissemble

• deem to be

• evade; lie; disguise

• infinitely or immeasurably small

• concurrence of opinion

trepidation

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• a customary way of operation or behavior

• have in mind as a purpose

• a feeling of fear

gibberish

• conduct direct the course of; manage or control

• consume all of one's attention or time

• deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand

• unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense

faction

• allow to have

• a small organized dissenting group within a larger one, especially in politics

• think moodily or anxiously about something

• a binding agreement that is enforceable by law

Predilection

• the movement of persons from one locality to another

• a preference or special liking for something; a bias in favor of something.

• against the law, or related to crime.

• a member of people who have no permanent home

vindictive

• the savage and excessive killing of many people

• having or showing a strong or unreasoning desire for revenge.

• a formal meeting, especially of representatives

• relating to the overthrow of a government

clumny

• love of country and willingness to sacrifice for it

• a union of political organizations

• a political system in which power lies in a body of citizens

• the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.

formidable

• an organization of employees that bargains with the employer

• inspiring fear or respect through being impressively large, powerful, intense, or capable

• declare invalid

• withdraw from an organization or polity

Unable to move or act; sluggish

• deference

• inert

• indignation

• exalt

the act of harming or ruining another's reputation

• beguile

• abrogate

• defamation

• deposition