The Crucible Act two vocab

Match the following

• n. civil authority who

  administers law

• magistrate

• n. a young cow

• condemnation

• n. a long and hurried swallow

• friction

• n. an expression of strong disapproval

• draught

• n. a state of conflict between persons

• hiefer

Match the following:

• v. to make better

• falter

• v. to move hesitatingly, as if about to

• reprimand

• v. to urge on; cause to act

• prod

• v. censure severely or angrily

• ameliorate

• v. make amends for

• compensate

Match the following:

• adj. of high moral or intellectual value

• lofty

• adj. full of difficulty, or confusion

• delicate

• adj. not adhering to ethical principles

• base

• adj. angered at something unjust/wrong

• indignant

• adj. difficult to handle; requires tact

• perplexed

Match the following:

• n. doubt about someone's honesty

• blasphemy

• n. sequential steps of legal judgements

• proceeding

• n. depriving something of its

  sacredness

• misgiving

• n. a substance used as a bond in masonry

• mortar

• n. an unnatural lack of color in the ski

• pallor

Match the following:

• v. to think about carefully, weigh

• concede

• v. turn red, as if in embarrassment

• covet

• v. shower with love; show much affection

• deliberate

• v. admit or acknowledge, often reluctant

• flush

• v. to wish, long, or crave for

• dote

Match the following:

• adj. marked by skill in deception

• evasive

• adj. foolish or mentally irregular

• daft

• adj. shining intensely

• ordained

• adj. invested with ministerial functions

• glaring

• adj. deliberately vague or ambiguous

• wily

Use the word "lechery" in a sentence. Proper fluency, punctuation, capitalization, and spelling matters.

Which words are verbs, or can have a verb form?

• flinch

• grapple

• warrant

• inept

Match the following:

• adj. being in due magnitude or extent

• proportionate

• adj. small and of little importance

• inept

• adj. generally incompetent/ ineffectual

• subtle

• adj. forming or having the nature of a t

• critical

• adj. difficult to detect/analyze by mind

• petty

Use the word "gingerly" correctly in a sentence. Proper fluency, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation matters.