The Crucible Vocab For Act I

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ameliorate

Back 1

to improve

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avid

Back 2

having an ardent desire or unbounded craving

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avid

Back 3

marked by keen interest and enthusiasm

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base

Back 4

having or showing a contemptible, mean-spirited, or selfish lack of human decency

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base

Back 5

devoid of high values or ethics

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base

Back 6

inferior in value or quality

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base

Back 7

containing inferior substances

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base (archaic)

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of low birth, rank, or position

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base (obsolete)

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short in stature

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calumny

Back 10

false statement made maliciously to injure another's reputation

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calumny

Back 11

slander

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deference

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submission or courteous yielding to the opinion/wishes/judgemnet of another

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deference

Back 13

courteous respect

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dissemble

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to disguse behind a false appearance

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dissemble

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to feign or fake

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inculcation

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to impress something upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repitition

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inculcation

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to teach by frequent instruction or repitition

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ingratiate

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to bring into the favor or good graces of another by deliberate effort

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licentious

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lacking morale discipline or ignoring legal restraint (esp. in sexual conduct)

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licentious

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having no regard for accepted rules or standards

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pallor

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extreme or unnatural paleness

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parochial

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related to a parish

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parochial

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narrowly restricted in scope or outlook

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predilection

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preference

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propitiation

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appeasement

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quail

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to cower

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subservient

Back 27

subordinate in capacity or function

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subservient

Back 28

servile

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subservient

Back 29

useful as a means or an instrument

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adamant

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stubborn

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agape

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wide open

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agape

Back 32

in a state of wonder/amazement

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anonymity

Back 33

the state of being unknown

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conciliatory

Back 34

appease

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conciliatory

Back 35

regain or attempt to regain by pleasant behavior

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conciliatory

Back 36

to make or attempt to reconcile

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confounded

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to puzzle

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confounded

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to mix up

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confounded

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to make worse

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contentious

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quarrelsome

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contentious

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controversial

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effrontery

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brazen boldness

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ignominy

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disgrace

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ignominy

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shameful or disgraceful action, conduct, or character

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imperceptible

Back 45

impossible or difficult to perceive by the mind or senses

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imperceptible

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so subtle as to be barely perceptible

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incredulous

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skeptical

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incredulous

Back 48

expressive of disbelief

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prodigious

Back 49

impressively great in size, force, or extent

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prodigious

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extraordinary

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purge

Back 51

to free from impurities

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purge

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to remove as if by cleansing

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purge

Back 53

to rid of sin, guilt, or defilement

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retaliation

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to return like for like (esp. evil for evil)

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sibilant

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of, characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of (s) or (sh)

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tantalize

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to excite by exposing something desirable while keeping it out of reach