The Crucible Vocabulary

Dissemble

V; to hide by pretending something different

Partisan

N; characterized by or exhibiting undue or unreasoning devotion to a party.

Calumny

N, Slander

Prodigious

Adjective; Immense or big or gifted

Contiguous

Adjective; touching or joining at the end of an edge or boundary

Inculcate

V; to teach by frequent repetition

Abrogate

V; to abolish or repeal

Malevolence

N; ill will

Lascivious

Adjective; lustful

Discomfits

V; to put into a state of confusion

Ameliorate

V; to relieve, as from pain or hardship

Pious

Adjective; Religious

Deposition

N; Testimony legally taken on interrogations and reduced to writing, for use as evidence in court

Effrontry

N; Shamelessness

Immaculate

Adjective; Without spot or blemish

Probity

N; Integrity

Apparitions

N; Ghosts

Guile

N; Craft or cunning

Conciliatory

Adjective; Tending to reconcile

Adamant

Adjective; Hard-hearted; unyielding

Purist

N; One who is concerned with maintaining tradition