The Crucible Vocabulary Quiz

Match the following

• system of ideas which form a policy

• faction

• system of religious beliefs

• pretense

• authoritative warning or order

• creed

• small, dissenting group among a larger

• ideology

• attempt to make a thing false seem true

• injunction

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• to act or move slowly

• dissembling

• to conceal one's true motives

• persecuted

• gloomy

• ingratiating

• subject to hostile treatment due to diff

• dallied

• to flatter people to get favors

• somber

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• willfully telling a lie in court

• perjury

• punishment inflicted for injury/wrong

• partisan

• the voluntary giving of help or money

• paradox

• a strong supporter of a cause

• vengeance

• absurd statement that is actually true

• charity

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Match the following

• to start to lose momentum

• indignant

• impressively great in size or extent

• falter

• refusing to change one's mind

• prodigious

• showing anger at unfair treatment

• formidable

• being large, powerful, intense

• adamant

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• person not belonging to common religions

• heathen

• the action of damaging one's reputation

• deposition

• the act of giving sworn evidence

• contention

• protective care of God

• defamation

• heated disagreement

• providence

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• making false statements to hurt someone

• arbitrate

• to reach a judgement without bias

• subservient

• showing a strong desire for revenge

• calumny

• paying no attention to

• disregard

• to obey others unquestioningly

• vindictive

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• relating to a ruler with absolute power

• autocratic

• system of government and religion joined

• blatant

• action that shows a theory or idea

• theocracy

• to do resentfully or reluctantly

• begrudge

• done openly and without shame

• manifestation

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

Match the following

• dark or dull in color or tone

• heathen

• realting to a church

• parochial

• a preference for something

• predilection

• impossible to solve

• insoluble

• person not part of widely-held religion

• somber

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following

• person not part of widely-held religion

• insoluble

• dark or dull in color or tone

• parochial

• impossible to solve

• somber

• a preference for something

• heathen

• realting to a church

• predilection

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4