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Crucible Act III Vocab Assignment

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The woman had the ___________________ to ask for two free samples.

a)

contemplation

b)

contentious

c)

depostion

d)

effrontery

2.

The car salesman ___________________ my grandmother into buying the car without going for a test drive.

a)

remorseless

b)

befuddled

c)

transfixed

d)

denounced

3.

Despite a certain ________ about the dangerous health factors in the NFL, he let his son play.

a)

probity

b)

effrontery

c)

crucible

d)

qualm

4.

The rusty, abandoned cars in the yard gave the place a _________ look.

a)

vestry

b)

transfixed

c)

immaculate

d)

slovenly

5.

What kind of ______________________person leaves a dog tied to a tree on the hottest day of the summer?

a)

callous

b)

qualm

c)

wrath

d)

dumbfounded

6.
The chairman asked the secretary to write an ______ so the rule would be official.
a)

probity

b)

contemplation

c)

affidavit

d)

effrontery

7.

The _______ brought in by Francis Nurse let to more people being summoned to court.

a)

deposition

b)

plaintiff

c)

vestry

d)

perjury

8.

Which of these buildings would contain a vestry?

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

Which is the best sentence for probity?

a)

The man definitely had probity in the situation.

b)

She showed no probity when she lied.

c)

The mother tried to instill probity.

10.

Taylor took Steph's scissors off of her desk without Steph's permission. When Steph asked Taylor why they had done that, Taylor simply said, "Because I felt like it." Taylor might BEST be described as being _________ in this instance.

a)

remorseless

b)

slovenly

c)

befouled

d)

none of these

11.

extreme anger

a)

befouled

b)

qualms

c)

wrath

d)

contentious

12.

The candidate began with a _______ remark that angered her opponent.

a)

probity

b)

denounce

c)

dumbfounded

d)

contentious

13.

What does the word immaculate mean?


Unlike Jamaal’s room, which was immaculate, Jeffrey’s room was very messy.

a)

small

b)

religious

c)

large

d)

clean

14.

Prices reached their peak at the sale of Winkel's tulips. As people _____________ where prices might go next, they panicked.

a)

vestry

b)

callously

c)

transfixed

d)

contemplated

15.

Some people hailed the man as a genius; others _____ him as a quack.

a)

denounced

b)

befouled

c)

befuddled

d)

depostion

16.

I am always ____________ when students have a 0% for a final grade and ask if they can do extra credit to pass.

ornery, aloof, dumbfounded, elite, gallant

a)
dumbfounded
b)

slovenly

c)

contentious

d)

qualm

17.

He was ________ by the TV show about penquins.

a)

transfixed

b)

immaculate

c)

dumbfounded

d)

remorseless

18.

They ____ his good name after he lost the game.

a)

qualm

b)

befouled

c)

befuddled

d)

callous