The Crucible Vocabulary

Ameliorate

• Speaking or acting in a way that shows disrespect for God or sacred things

• •To make something bad or unsatisfactory better; to improve

• •Feeling or showing no sympathy for others; insensitive or cruel

• •Deeply religious

Arbitrate

• •Causing or intending to cause harm or evil

• •Humble submission and respect

• •The act of returning something that was lost, stolen or destroyed, or making up for the loss

• •To make a judgment in a dispute outside of a legal court.

Blasphemy

• Speaking or acting in a way that shows disrespect for God or sacred things

• •To make something bad or unsatisfactory better; to improve

• •To make a judgment in a dispute outside of a legal court.

• •Feeling or showing no sympathy for others; insensitive or cruel

Callous

• •Humble submission and respect

• •Feeling or showing no sympathy for others; insensitive or cruel

• To make something appear by magic, or as if by magic

• Speaking or acting in a way that shows disrespect for God or sacred things

Conjure

• •A preference or special liking for something

• •Humble submission and respect

• •Causing or intending to cause harm or evil

• To make something appear by magic, or as if by magic

Deference

• •Deeply religious

• •A preference or special liking for something

• •Humble submission and respect

• •The act of returning something that was lost, stolen or destroyed, or making up for the loss

Malign

• •Causing or intending to cause harm or evil

• •To make a judgment in a dispute outside of a legal court.

• Speaking or acting in a way that shows disrespect for God or sacred things

• •Feeling or showing no sympathy for others; insensitive or cruel

Pious

• Deeply religious

• A preference or special liking for something

• Causing or intending to cause harm or evil

• •To make a judgment in a dispute outside of a legal court.

Predilection

• •To make something bad or unsatisfactory better; to improve

• A preference or special liking for something

• The act of returning something that was lost, stolen or destroyed, or making up for the loss

• •Causing or intending to cause harm or evil

Restitution

• Speaking or acting in a way that shows disrespect for God or sacred things

• To make a judgment in a dispute outside of a legal court

• •To make something bad or unsatisfactory better; to improve

• •The act of returning something that was lost, stolen or destroyed, or making up for the loss