The Crucible Act 1 Vocabulary Review

Predilection

• to avoid; dodge; escape

• abnormal; unusual

• charming; flattery

• pre-existing preference

Ingratiating

• to avoid; dodge; escape

• false accusation; slander

• charming; flattery

• lying; concealing ones intentions

Dissembling

• lying; concealing ones intentions

• to avoid or escape by deceit or cleverness

• false accusation; slander

• to avoid; dodge; escape

calumny

• to avoid; dodge; escape

• False accusation; slander

• widely and favorably known

• abnormal; unusual

Compact

• make an agreement; enter a contract

• false accusation; slander

• abnormal; unusual

• to avoid; dodge; escape

Notorious

• preexisting preference

• widely and favorably known

• abnormal; unusual

• to avoid; dodge; escape

Evade

• preexisting preference

• avoid or escape

• charming; flattering

• slander; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresent; calculated damage to another's reputation

Prodigious

• abnormal; unusual

• preexisting preference

• make an agreement; enter into a contract

• widely and favorably known

Defamation

• slander; the act of uttering false charges or misrepresent; calculated to damage another's reputation

• to avoid or escape

• abnormal; unusual

• charming; flattering