Act 3 Vocab (The Crucible)

I was so desperate to have the new IPhone, I implored my parents to buy it for me for three days. They were so sick of my relentless begging that they finally gave in. Implore means:

• A disguise that conceals the truth

• To waste something in a reckless manner

• To beg someone desperately

• Unwilling or unable to believe something

I abhor when people arrive late to a party. I can't stand when the guests show up whenever they feel like because I think it's rude and distasteful. Abhor means

• To regard with disgust or hatred

• Unwilling or unable to believe something

• To beg someone desperately

• A disguise that conceals the truth

Many people squander their lives away. They choose to be unhappy and wasteful instead of living life to the fullest. Squander means:

• To regard with disgust or hatred

• A disguise that conceals the truth

• To beg someone desperately

• To waste something in a reckless manner

Some behavior I have witnessed in the lunchroom is incredulous. I cannot believe high school students can be that immature. Incredulous means:

• A disguise that conceals the truth

• Unwilling or unable to believe something

• To waste something in a reckless manner

• To regard with disgust or hatred

I know my best friend is hurting inside even when she puts on the guise that she is strong and independent. Guise means:

• To waste something in a reckless manner

• To beg someone desperately

• A disguise that conceals the truth

• To regard with disgust or hatred

The fact that Abigail feels no remorse for sending innocent lives to jail is reprehensible. She is the one who deserves to be punished. Reprehensible means:

• The driving force behind something

• Actions that make someone do something against their will

• Deserving condemnation

• To absorb all the attention; captivate

When a person is under duress, they might act irrationally because they felt they didn't have a choice in the matter. Duress means

• Actions that make someone do something against their will

• Deceitful; intentionally misleading 

• The driving force behind something

• To absorb all the attention; captivate

I really didn't feel like hanging out with my friend so I purposefully pretended to feel sick at lunch. My duplicitous behavior definitely tricked her, but when she found out, I also lost my friend. Duplicitous means:

• The driving force behind something

• To absorb all the attention; captivate

• Deserving condemnation

• Deceitful; intentionally misleading

I was so engrossed when I was watching my TV show, I didn't even realize my daughters painted my hallway walls. That's the last time I get that distracted by something beside my kids! Engrossed means:

• The driving force behind something

• To absorb all the attention; captivate

• Actions that make someone do something against their will

• Deceitful; intentionally misleading 

The impetus for my job search was that I have a lot of expensive events coming up. I knew if I wanted to be able to do everything, I needed a job! Impetus means:

• The driving force behind something

• Actions that make someone do something against their will

• To absorb all the attention; captivate

• Deserving condemnation