Crucible Vocabulary Act I/Elements of Drama Vocabulary

  Reverend Hale would not allow Abigail to ___________________ his questioning about what happened in the forest.

• deny
• refuse
• avoid
• evade

Tituba, the Parris family slave, was accused of ___________________ with the devil once the girls started to blame her for helping them conjure spirits in the forest.

• Ingratiating

• Compacting

• Evading

• Dissembling

Some families in the Salem village had a stronger ______________ for believing in the existence of witchcraft than others before the situation with the girls' "illness" even started.

• prodigious

• predilection

• notorious

• dissembling

Due to the girls’ _______________ behavior after being discovered dancing in the forest, their families were forced to call in an expert in the demonic arts.

• evading

• prodigious

• ingratiating

• dissembling

Abigail initially has a(n) ___________ personality, which causes John Proctor to become involved with her.

• Ingratiating

• Evading

• Notorious

• Compacting

Puritans are ______________ for placing too harsh of a judgment on anyone who they believe to be a sinner.

• Notorious

• Prodigious

• Predilection

• Criticized

Abigail defended herself vehemently against the supposed calumny being spread against her reputation in the village.

• Calumny

• Defamation

• Slander

• Gossip

Abigail has a strong ability for ___________, to the point that many of the adults in the town would believe her over what they even knew to be logically possible or true.

• dissembling

• evading

• compacting

• ingratiating

It didn't take very long for the girls to begin their _____________ of other villagers in order to remove the guilt from themselves.

• Calumny

• Defamation

• Slander

• Gossip

It is hard to __________ the punishment of sin in a Puritan community.

• dissemble

• evade

• predilect

• ingratiate