23 Act 3 The Crucible

vestry

• a room attached to a church
• marked by great plenty.
• muddled, stupefied, confused.
• pace; a manner or rate of movement or progress.

abundant

• marked by great plenty.
• cultured; knowledgeable.
• a person who brings a legal action against another.
• in a manner of feeling or showing no emotion.

sophistication

• cultured; knowledgeable.
• retributory punishment for an offense or a crime.
• shameless or impudent boldness.
• evidence; appearance; sign.

wrath

• retributory punishment for an offense or a crime.
• public violence, tumult, or disorder.
• spotlessly clean.
• skeptically; with disbelief

riot

• public violence, tumult, or disorder.
• a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath
• misgiving; a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety.
• degrading; contemptuous.

affidavit

• a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath
• testimony taken down in writing under oath.
• honesty; integrity; adherence to the highest principles and ideals.
• lazily slipshod.

deposition

• testimony taken down in writing under oath.
• extremely slight, gradual, or subtle.
• pace; a manner or rate of movement or progress.
• untroubled.

imperceptible

• extremely slight, gradual, or subtle.
• in a manner of showing respect and esteem due a superior or an elder.
• in a manner of feeling or showing no emotion.
• taking advantage of; deceiving.

deferentially

• in a manner of showing respect and esteem due a superior or an elder.
• muddled, stupefied, confused.
• evidence; appearance; sign.
• a tool used for boring or drilling holes

befuddled

• muddled, stupefied, confused.
• a person who brings a legal action against another.
• skeptically; with disbelief
• the deliberate giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath