The Crucible CONTENT VOCAB

1. A severe test or trial; also, a container for heating substances at high temperatures.

• Crucible

• Theocracy

• Puritanism

• Spectral Evidence

2. False spoken statements meant to harm someone.

• Slander

• Faction

• Hypocrisy

• Quaking

3. A small group that disagrees with the larger group.

• Faction

• Justice

• Afflicted

• Oppression

4. A government ruled by religious leaders.

• Theocracy

• Integrity

• Allegory

• Authority

5. A serious agreement, often religious.

• Covenant

• Witchcraft

• Defamation

• Quaking

6. The practice of magical skills, often associated with evil.

• Witchcraft

• Blasphemy

• Allegory

• Hypocrisy

7. Mistreatment of people because of their beliefs.

• Persecution

• Hysteria

• Vindictive

• Reputation

8. Claiming to have moral standards but acting differently.

• Hypocrisy

• Manipulate

• Defamation

• Prejudice

9. A title used for married Puritan women (short for “Goodwife”).

• Goody

• McCarthyism

• Quaking

• Wrath

10. Intense anger or punishment.

• Wrath

• Tyranny

• Suspicion

• Bias