The Crucible: Vocabulary Review

inquiry

• escape or avoid
• refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
• a cancellation or postponement of a punishment
• an act of asking for information

reprieve

• escape or avoid
• refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
• a cancellation or postponement of a punishment
• an act of asking for information

adamant

• escape or avoid
• refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
• a cancellation or postponement of a punishment
• an act of asking for information

evade

• escape or avoid
• refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
• a cancellation or postponement of a punishment
• an act of asking for information

falter

• open dislike for someone
• unable to be noticed or felt by the senses
• unwilling or unable to believe something
• start to lose strength or momentum

incredulous

• open dislike for someone
• unable to be noticed or felt by the senses
• unwilling or unable to believe something
• start to lose strength or momentum

imperceptible

• open dislike for someone
• unable to be noticed or felt by the senses
• unwilling or unable to believe something
• start to lose strength or momentum

contempt

• open dislike for someone
• unable to be noticed or felt by the senses
• unwilling or unable to believe something
• start to lose strength or momentum

calamity

• the expression of very strong disapproval
• feeling or showing anger at something considered unfair or unjust
• to feel envious or unhappy because someone has something that you think they do not deserve
• a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting suffering

begrudge

• the expression of very strong disapproval
• feeling or showing anger at something considered unfair or unjust
• to feel envious or unhappy because someone has something that you think they do not deserve
• a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting suffering