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Crucible Acts 1 & 2 Vocabulary

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An apt synonym for PREDILECTION is _______.

a)

fondness

b)

hatred

c)

likable

d)

disgust

2.

An apt antonym for PIOUS is ________.

a)

religious

b)

devout

c)

wicked

d)

holy

3.

An apt antonym for AMELIORATE is _______.

a)

improve

b)

worsen

c)

repair

d)

greetings

4.

What word means "paleness?"

a)

quail

b)

ameliorate

c)

base

d)

pallor

5.

The firefighter attempted to _____ the situation when the fire started to get out of hand.

a)

deference

b)

ameliorate

c)

quail

d)

abomination

6.

A sinful act or remark is considered ______.

a)

blasphemy

b)

deference

c)

gingerly

d)

theology

7.

The man's act of ____ offended the priest beyond words.

a)

blasphemy

b)

gingerly

c)

deference

d)

pallor

8.

The white, deathlike ____ of the ghost's faced frightened the child.

a)

ameliorate

b)

abomination

c)

pallor

d)

base

9.

A state of fearful uncertainty; dread

a)

Waif

b)

Illuminate

c)

Acclaim

d)

Trepidation

10.

One who has excess devotion to and enthusiasm for a cause or idea

a)

Illuminate

b)

Fanatic

c)

Repudiate

d)

Maim

11.

A personal preference, a tendency towards something

a)

Predilection

b)

Licentious

c)

Sundry

d)

Dissembling

12.

Vengeful; eager to get even when wronged

a)

Predilection

b)

Vindictive

c)

Dissembling

d)

Prodigious

13.

To soil, reduced in value, dishonor another's reputation

a)

Anarchy

b)

Predilection

c)

Smirched

d)

Calumny

14.

Alarm or dread

a)

Trepidation

b)

Prodigious

c)

Sundry

d)

Yeomantry

15.

if you don’t risk anything, you risk everything

a)

PARADOX

b)

OXYMORON

16.
Placing two contradictory phrases or ideas that, through deeper analysis, make logical sense. 
a)
onomatopoeia
b)
oxymoron 
c)
paradox
d)
allusion 
17.

obsequious (obedient)

a)

succinct

b)

subservient

c)

subvert

d)

suffuse

18.

what is "iniquity"

a)

immoral or grossly unfair behavior

b)

lack of equality

c)

lack of fairness or justice

d)

very old

19.

to determine; make certain

a)

ascertain

b)

connoisseur

c)

homely

d)

immolate

20.

an ugly old woman

a)

sovereignty

b)

crone

c)

castigate

d)

bequeath