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The Crucible Vocabulary

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

to make better or more tolerable

a)

beguile

b)

daft

c)

ameliorate

d)

effrontery

2.

a tool used for boring or drilling holes

a)

auger

b)

gait

c)

vestry

d)

daft

3.

muddled, stupefied, confused

a)

gaunt

b)

beguile

c)

gulling

d)

befuddled

4.

deceive by guile; hoodwink

a)

gulling

b)

beguile

c)

theocracy

d)

gait

5.

in a manner of feeling or showing no emotion

a)

calumny

b)

imperceptible

c)

callously

d)

vestry

6.

the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to damage another's reputation

a)

callously

b)

deposition

c)

calumny

d)

paradox

7.

cling; to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly

a)

auger

b)

cleave

c)

probity

d)

faction

8.

eager to make peace, to reconcile

a)

effrontery

b)

deference

c)

imperceptible

d)

conciliatory

9.

mad; insane

a)

daft

b)

providence

c)

heathen

d)

indignant

10.

respect and esteem due a superior or an elder

a)

dissembling

b)

deference

c)

providence

d)

formidable

11.

in a manner of showing respect and esteem due a superior or an elder

a)

callously

b)

deference

c)

theocracy

d)

deferentially

12.

testimony taken down in writing under an oath

a)

deference

b)

propriety

c)

deposition

d)

probity

13.

concealing the facts; hiding under a false pretense

a)

dissembling

b)

paradox

c)

ameliorate

d)

gaunt

14.

shameless boldness

a)

effrontery

b)

vestry

c)

ideology

d)

faction

15.

group; secret faction; clique

a)

trafficked

b)

heathen

c)

faction

d)

vestry

16.

dreadful; fearful; extremely serious

a)

conciliatory

b)

gulling

c)

prodigious

d)

formidable

17.

pace; a manner of rate of movement or progress

a)

faction

b)

gait

c)

trafficked

d)

gaunt

18.

excessively thin and angular

a)

gaunt

b)

auger

c)

daft

d)

vestry

19.

taking advantage of; deceiving

a)

partisans

b)

gulling

c)

providence

d)

dissembling

20.

an uncivilized or irreligious person; pagan

a)

beguile

b)

faction

c)

vestry

d)

heathen

21.

a manner r the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture

a)

indignant

b)

prodigious

c)

ideology

d)

deferentially

22.

extremely slight, gradual, or subtle

a)

formidable

b)

imperceptible

c)

theocracy

d)

conciliatory

23.

showing anger aroused by something unjust, unworty, or mean

a)

daft

b)

calumny

c)

heathen

d)

indignant

24.

a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true

a)

paradox

b)

befuddled

c)

theocracy

d)

effrontery

25.

members of a party, faction, or cause

a)

beguile

b)

partisans

c)

faction

d)

ideology

26.

honesty; integrity; adherence to the highest principles and ideals

a)

propriety

b)

prodigious

c)

ideology

d)

probity

27.

strange; unusual; portentous

a)

providence

b)

deposition

c)

prodigious

d)

paradox

28.

socially accepted behavior and speech

a)

conciliatory

b)

propriety

c)

effrontery

d)

theocracy

29.

event guided by God or divine leadership

a)

providence

b)

calumny

c)

heathen

d)

paradox

30.

a government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by church officials who are regarded as divinely guided

a)

propriety

b)

callously

c)

prodigious

d)

theocracy

31.

traded; had dealings or associations

a)

dissembling

b)

ameliorate

c)

imperceptible

d)

trafficked

32.

an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish

a)

vestry

b)

befuddled

c)

theocracy

d)

effrontery