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Crucible Act 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

impressive in size or amount

a)

conjured

b)

prodigious

c)

innate

d)

abomintation

2.

Sexually immoral; lacking moral or ethical restraint

a)

contention

b)

paradox

c)

licentious

d)

deference

3.

A quality or characteristic you are born with

a)

abomination

b)

innate

c)

paradox

d)

vindictive

4.

invoked unnatural or supernatural forces

a)

conjured

b)

deference

c)

licentious

d)

prodigious

5.

purposely hurtful or hateful

a)

vindictive

b)

innate

c)

abomination

d)

licentious

6.

a statement or situation which is contradictory

a)

manifestation

b)

prodigious

c)

abomination

d)

paradox

7.

the appearance of something; a sign

a)

manifestation

b)

prodigious

c)

deference

d)

vindictive

8.

respect towards another's opinion or interests

a)

contention

b)

deference

c)

manifestation

d)

prodigious

9.

an opinion; disagreement

a)

paradox

b)

contention

c)

abomination

d)

vindictive

10.

an object of disgust, shame, or dislike

a)

innate

b)

deference

c)

contention

d)

abomination

11.

Parris: "Why would [the devil] choose my house to strike? We have all manner of _____ people in the village!

a)

conjured

b)

innate

c)

paradox

d)

licentious

12.

Parris: "Tell me true, Abigail...Whatever ________ you have done, give me all of it now..."

a)

abomination

b)

contention

c)

manifestation

d)

paradox

13.

Thomas Putnam is a ______ man.

a)

prodigious

b)

vindictive

c)

conjured

d)

innate

14.

Abigail: "He knows Tituba __________ Ruth's sisters to come out of the grave."

a)

innate

b)

paradox

c)

abmoination

d)

conjured

15.

Parris is tired of all the _________ he has faced since he has worked in Salem.

a)

deference

b)

contention

c)

manifestation

d)

conjured

16.

Putnam: "That is a notorious sign of witchcraft afoot, Goody Nurse, a _______ sign.

a)

conjured

b)

prodigious

c)

vindictive

d)

licentious

17.

The people of Salem lived in a _______ of using God to prevent disunity.

a)

abomination

b)

paradox

c)

contention

d)

deference

18.

"The witch-hunt was a perverse ______ of the panic which set in among all classes when the balance began to turn toward greater individual freedom."

a)

deference

b)

manifestation

c)

paradox

d)

abomination

19.

The people of Salem had an _____ resistance of persecution.

a)

prodigious

b)

abomination

c)

paradox

d)

innate

20.

Most of the people of Salem have _______ for Rebecca Nurse.

a)

deference

b)

contention

c)

licentious

d)

innate