the crucible acts III and IV AND vocab units 1-3 review

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acquisitive

(adj.) able to get and retain ideas or information; concerned with acquiring wealth or property.

arrogate

(v.) to claim or take without right

banal

(adj.) hackneyed, trite, commonplace

belabor

(v.) to work on excessively; to thrash soundly

carping

(adj.) tending to find fault, especially in a petty, nasty, or hairsplitting way; (n.) petty, nagging criticism

coherent

(adj.) holding or sticking together; making a logical whole; comprehensible, meaningful

congeal

(v.) to change from liquid to solid, thicken; to make inflexible or rigid

emulate

(v.) to imitate with the intent of equaling or surpassing the model

encomium

(n.) a formal expression of praise, a lavish tribute

eschew

(v.) to avoid, shun, keep away from

germane

(adj.) relevant, appropriate, apropos, fitting

insatiable

(adj.) so great or demanding as not to be satisfied

intransigent

(adj.) refusing to compromise; irreconcilable

invidious

(adj.) offensive, hateful; tending to cause bitterness or resentment

largesse

generosity in giving; lavish or bountiful contributions

reconnaissance

(n.) a survey made for military purposes; any kind of preliminary inspection or examination

substantiate

(v.) to establsih by evidence, prove; to give concrete or substantial form to

taciturn

(adj.) habitually silent or quiet, inclined to talk very little

temporize

(v.) to stall or act evasively in order to gain time, avoid a confrontation, or postpone a decision; to compromise

tenable

(adj.) capable of being held or defended

cavort

(v.) to romp or prance around exuberantly; to make merry

credence

(n.) belief, mental acceptance

decry

(v.) to condemn, express strong disapproval; to officially depreciate

dissemble

(v.) to disguise or conceal, deliberately give a false emotion or mental conflict

distraught

(adj.) very much agitated or upset as a result of emotion or mental conflict

eulogy

(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise

evince

(v.) to display clearly, to make evident, to provoke

exhume

(v.) to remove from a grave; to bring to light

feckless

(adj.) lacking in spirit and strength; ineffective, weak; irresponsible, unreliable

murky

(adj.) dark and gloomy, obscure; lacking in clarity and precision

nefarious

(adj.) wicked, depraved, devoid of moral standards

piquant

(adj.) stimulating to the taste or mind; spicy, pungent; appealingly provocative

primordial

(adj.) developed or created at the very beginning; going back to the most ancient times or earliest stage; fundamental, basic

propinquity

(n.) nearness in place or time; kinship

substantive

(adj.) real, having a solid basis; considerable in number or amount; meaningful and on topic

unwonted

(adj.) not usual or expected; not in character

utopian

(adj.) founded upon or involving a visionary view of an ideal world; impractical

verbiage

(n.) language that is too wordy or inflated in proportion to the sense or content, wordiness; a manner of expression

verdant

(adj.) green in tint or color; immature in experience or judgment

viscous

(adj.) having a gelatinous or gluey quality, lacking in easy movement or fluidity

accost

to approach and speak to first; to confront in a challenging or aggressive way

animadversion

a comment indicating strong criticism or disapproval

avid

desirous of something to the point of greed; intensely eager

brackish

having a salty taste and unpleasant to drink

celerity

swiftness, rapidity of motion or action

devious

straying or wandering from a straight or direct course; done or acting in a shifty or underhanded way

gambit

in chess, an opening move that involves risk or sacrifice of a minor piece in order to gain a later advantage; any opening move of this type

halcyon

a legendary bird identified with the kingfisher; (adj.) of or relating to the halcyon; calm, peaceful; happy, golden; prosperous, affluent

histrionic

pertaining to actors and their techniques; theatrical, artificial; melodramatic

incendiary

deliberately setting or causing fires; designed to start fires; tending to stir up strife or rebellion; (n.) one who deliberately sets fires, arsonist; one who causes strife

maelstrom

a whirlpool of great size and violence; a situation resembling a whirlpool in violence and destruction

myopic

nearsighted; lacking a broad, realistic view of a situation; lacking foresight or discernment

overt

open, not hidden, expressed or revealed in a way that is easily recognized

pejorative

tending to make worse; expressing disapproval or disparagement, derogatory, deprecatory, belittling

propriety

the state of being proper, appropriateness; (pl.) standards of what is proper or socially acceptable

sacrilege

improper or disrespectful treatment of something held sacred

summarily

without delay or formality; briefly, concisely

suppliant

asking humbly and earnestly; (n.) one who makes a request humbly and earnestly, a petitioner, suitor

talisman

an object that serves as a charm or is believed to confer magical powers, an amulet, fetish

undulate

to move in waves or with a wavelike motion; to have a wavelike appearance or form

Setting of act three

Begins in the investor room of Salem meeting house

danforth act three

Boast that he has jailed around 400 people and 72 to hang

Parris act three

Says Proctor has come to overthrow the court

proctor act three

Presents the court with a testament of the people that states who signed it and declare good opinions of Rebecca, Martha and Elizabeth; Leap at abigail; Arrested for adultery

Elizabeth Proctor act three

Claim she is pregnant; will not be executed until her baby is born; lies to the court to save her husband

Mary Warren act three

Signs a deposition that states she never saw any spirits; recap her confession because she fears the wrath of abigail

Abigail Williams act three

Claims she sees a yellow bird in the court that is attacking her sent out by mary Warren

theme

The general idea about life that a story communicates

themes of the crucible

1. Fear and suspicion are infectious and produce hysteria that destroys order and rationality

2. It is possible for people’s conceptions of good and evil to become corrupt, and they commit irreversible misdeeds in the name of virtue

3. people who claim to be pious and virtuous, may be guilty of hypocrisy

Setting of act four

Three months after the end of act three; opens in Salem jail

Marshall Herrick act four

Offer cider to Tituba and sarah good in jail; informs the court that cows are wandering the hybrids since masters in prison

Tituba act four

Says the devil Is coming to take her away to Barbados

reverend hale act four

Has been counseling the condemned

reverend Parris act four

Tell the court abigail and mercy Lewis have escaped a border ship and stolen 32 pounds; found a dagger in his door and fears for life; asks court to postpone hangings in hopes that Proctor or Rebecca will confess

Giles corey act for

Is pressed to death because he refuses to answer indictment; wants sons to get his land not the state; last words are more weight

Elizabeth Proctor act four

Refuses to advise husband about whether or not he should confess

Danforth act four

Refuses to pardon, prisoners; wants to post proctor confession on church door

proctor act four

Signs a confession, but refuses to give it to court and ultimately tears it up; is hung at end of act

Rebecca nurse act four

Refuses to confess because it is a lie; almost collapses before being taken out to be hanged