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The Crucible Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

something hated or disliked

a)

agape

b)

abomination

c)

slovenly

d)

probity

2.

to trouble or attack, causing physical or mental suffering

a)

effrontery

b)

gulling

c)

transfixed

d)

afflict

3.

wide open, especially with surprise or wonder

a)

agape

b)

prodigious

c)

afflict

d)

unintelligible

4.

to deceive, to mislead, to persuade with charm

a)

vindictive

b)

effrontery

c)

beguile

d)

abominable

5.

call upon (a spirit or ghost) to appear, by means of a magic ritual

a)

deference

b)

contentious

c)

gulling

d)

conjure

6.

riot: disrespectful, outrageous behavior

a)

contemptuous

b)

probity

c)

defamation

d)

afflict

7.

quarrelsome, controversial, causing or likely to cause an argument

a)

contemptuous

b)

defamation

c)

contentious

d)

prodigious

8.

an abusive attack on a person's character or good name

a)

defamation

b)

vindictive

c)

effrontery

d)

parish

9.

a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; humble respect

a)

parish

b)

deference

c)

providence

d)

contentious

10.

disrespectful and insulting boldness

a)

gulling

b)

afflict

c)

beguile

d)

effrontery

11.

deceiving; to fool

a)

conjure

b)

unintelligible

c)

gulling

d)

afflict

12.

disbelieving, skeptical

a)

gulling

b)

incredulous

c)

transfixed

d)

agape

13.

a small administrative district typically having its own church and a priest or pastor

a)

abomination

b)

parish

c)

providence

d)

deference

14.

integrity; honesty

a)

deference

b)

beguile

c)

probity

d)

effrontery

15.

so great in size or force or extent as to elicit awe; unnatural or abnormal

a)

deference

b)

agape

c)

incredulous

d)

prodigious

16.

the protective care of God or of nature as a spiritual power

a)

providence

b)

beguile

c)

probity

d)

parish

17.

untidy, messy, dirty

a)

abomination

b)

slovenly

c)

defamation

d)

unintelligible

18.

Paralyzed with horror or shock

a)

conjured

b)

incredulous

c)

contentious

d)

transfixed

19.

impossible to understand

a)

unintelligible

b)

gulling

c)

afflict

d)

probity

20.

disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge

a)

contemptuous

b)

prodigious

c)

vindictive

d)

contentious