WorksheetsUnit 2 Vocab - The Crucible
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The student was _____ that he had turned in his essay, but the teacher had lost it!
adamant
defiantly
imperceptible
contentious
The Crucible is a(n) _____ for the Red Scare/McCarthy trials during the Cold War.
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
allegory
The class goes wild and _____ takes over whenever the teacher leaves the classroom unattended.
despairing
anarchy
deference
iniquity
-ate
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
com-, con-, col-
with, together
off, from
not
in, into
Sometimes taking a student's cell phone away because he was using it in class can be a(n) _____ issue.
despairing
imperceptible
contentious
immaculate
The couple's _____ behavior in the school hallways was revolting as they flirted every change they got!
immaculate
subservient
coquettish
defiant
The scientist conducted his own research to _____ in order to backup and support his colleague's findings.
corroborate
adamant
anarchy
subservient
Final exams are a(n) ____ for many students.
allegory
deference
subservient
crucible
de-
with, together
off, from
not
under, below
The politician showed great respect and quiet _____ to his opponent during the debate.
deference
despairing
subservient
crucible
The child showed bold disobedience by _____ continuing to say curse words despite his parents' punishments.
immaculately
defiantly
subserviently
imperceptibly
George lost all hope that things would get better for the pair, so he shot his best friend Lennie out of _____.
adamant
anarchy
coquettish
despair
im-
with, together
off, from
not
under, from below
My mother keeps a(n) ____ kitchen and washes it every day!
immaculate
allegory
contentious
subservient
Carbon monoxide is a(n) _____ gas that is odorless and tasteless.
defiant
adamant
impercetible
iniquity
in-
with, together
off, from
in, into; not
under, from below
I considered it a(n) _____ that I had to wait until I was 16 to get a cell phone and then my parents got one for my younger brother when he was 14.
contentious
deference
crucible
iniquity
sub-
with, together
off, from
in, into; not
under, from below
The employee is just a(n) _____ to the manager because he must take orders from his boss.
subservient
imperceptible
corroborate
iniquity
-ly
noun
verb
adjective
adverb
There is a lot of one-sided or _____ in my family over whether Ford or Chevy is the better pick-up truck.
corroborate
pretense
partisan
conjure
The fast-talking salesman was rather _____ because he tried to deceive us on the price and the features of the car.
wily
despair
anarchy
covenanted
Ancient cultures used to think a person born with a deformity or a disability was a(n) ____ and regarded him with hate and disgust.
immaculate
defiant
coquet
abomination
The kids were messing around with dark magic trying to _____ up evil spirts from the underworld.
conjure
iniquity
pretense
allegory
It was under a false _____ the man asked the bank for a loan; he was going to use the money to buy an expensive sports car and not food for his family.
subservient
covenanted
wily
pretense
According to the Bible, God made a(n) _____, or agreement, with Noah never to flood the earth again and the rainbow is a sign of that pact.
covenant
partisan
abomination
contentious
Adding a suffix to a word changes the word's...
meaning
part of speech
Detonating a nuclear weapon causes a(n) ____ or large amount of damage.
prodigious
incredulous
partisan
coquettish
Having to answer the same question 10 times in a row _____ the teacher and left her feeling confused and frustrated.
hearty
corroborated
covenanted
confounded
The students showed _____ for the teacher by arguing, sassing, and cursing at her.
prodigious
contempt
lechery
daft
Scamming someone out of money is shameful or _____.
base
pretense
strive
wily
Walking around outside in -40 degree weather wearing shorts would be foolish or _____.
vanity
strive
daft
beguile
I hope you are feeling _____ , or strong and healthy, again after your illness.
hearty
subservient
defiant
confounded
Lennie from Of Mice & Men would ____, or try hard, to remember things and not get into trouble, but it never seemed to work out for him.
conjure
indictment
strive
iniquity
When a student plagiarizes an essay, it is a serious offense or violation of our cheating policy, so it would be a(n) _____.
indictment
contentious
partisan
lechery
Phone scammers try to _____ their victims by tricking them into giving them their credit card or banking information.
strive
prodigious
vanity
beguile
Gym bros working out often indulge their own _____ by constantly checking themselves out in the mirrors and admiring their muscles and physical appearance.
confound
vanity
base
contempt
Jackie was skeptical, or _____, to buy the car on Facebook Marketplace as it was only half price of what it should have been.
incredulous
iniquity
conjured
hearty
John Proctor was accused of having an affair and _____ in The Crucible for his lustful relationship with Abigail Williams.
pretense
lechery
strive
prodigious
