The Crucible Prereading and Tone Vocabulary

possessing an attitude of superiority, patronizing

• condescending

• admiring

• ambivalent

• hopeless

mocking someone with bitter sarcasm

• sardonic

• objective

• reverent

• mirthful

a strong uneasy feeling of a future misfortune, evil

• foreboding

• conciliatory

• reassuring

• fervent

Bewildered means

• confused

• hopeful

• calm

• compassionate

All of the following tone words are associated with cheerfulness and amusement, except

• mirthful

• ebullient

• euphoric

• lethargic

Complete the sentence with the appropriate vocabulary word:

"The ______ waters of the small lake made the family feel safe to get in."

• placid

• foreboding

• ominous

• sinister

A sacred song or hymn is called a

• psalm

• proverb

• crucible

• poppet

The Salem Witch Trials took place in

• 1692

• 1547

• 1776

• 1812

A raised stand for preachers in a Christian church is called a

• pulpit.

• poppet.

• stage.

• stock.

A type of torture that involves having a person's head and arms "clapped" between two pieces of wood.​..

• "Clapped in the stocks"

• "Stuffed in a barrel"

• "Clapped in a dungeon"

• "Locked in a chamber"