crucible act 2

Pretense

False show

Intimations

Hint or suggestion

Arbitrate

to determine the outcome of

Formidable

Dreadful, fearful, extremely serious

Defer

To submit to another’s wishes opinion, or governance usually through deference or respect

Trepidation

Timid or uncertain, agitation, apprehension

Defamation

Slander, the act of uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously

Subservient

Servile, cringing manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position

Anarchy

A state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of government authority

Partisans

Members of party faction or cause

Inculcation

Teaching in impressing by frequent reputations or reprimands

Licentious

Lacking legal or moral restraints

Inert

Motionless, inactive

Pilgrimage

Journey to a shrine or sacred place

Evade

to avoid answering directly