act 1 vocab the crucible

Salem

village in Massachusetts = setting for story = theocracy → purtian population

Faction

 a small group of opposition

Heathen

 A person who is not connected to a religion, usually one of the major religions

Quakers

Another religious group based off of Christianity that rejected a formal ministry / universal priesthood/minister → everyone can be their own minister

Sabbath

Day of the week for religious observance; in Christianity, people are to abstain from work on Sundays to observe the Sabbath

Barbados

 Island in the Caribbean
English colony

port for the slave trade

Parish

 An area that has its own church and priest

Stocks

– A wooden structure with holes for hands where those punished would be bound for public ridicule and shame

In nomine Domini Sabaoth sui filique ite ad infernos

Latin for "In the name of the Lord and of his son, depart to hell.”

Black Book

 A book believed to be presented by the Devil; signing it put persons in a convenient with the devil and gave witches powers

crucible ; noun

  a heat-resistant container in which ores, metals, and impurities are melted; bottom of a furnace;  testing circumstances that cause people to change; an ordeal or severe trial

→ changing people/things in order to remove their seeming impurities through serve means (e.x a trial) 

inert ;adj

–  unable to move or act; sluggish in action or motion 

ingratiate (verb)

– to gain favor with someone by deliberate efforts

paradox ; noun

a statement or idea that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth

dissemble ;verb

 to conceal one’s true motives or thoughts often by giving a false or misleading appearance

HIDE ONES TRUE MOTIVATIONS

 begrudge (verb)

to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone else;  to be reluctant to give or allow

→ x want help or give aid to others (good fortune)

X WANT HELP OR HELP/GOOD THINGS FOR OTHERS

 formidable (adj.)

 causing fear or apprehension; discouraging because of awesome strength, power, size, or strength [formidability – noun]

fearfully awesome

trepidation

a state of alarm, dread, or apprehension;  involuntary trembling or quivering [trepidatious – adj.]

-anxious

reckon

–  to count, compute, or calculate;  to settle accounts, as with a person (often followed by “up”) reckoning (noun) –  a count or calculation;  the settlement of accounts between parties

-to settle accounts / make things even between paries

partisan

 a biased, even blind supporter of a person, group, or cause, often not willing to listen to other people’s opinions 

-blind supporter of a group

pretense

un) – an act that is actually pretend or false; a piece of make-believe 

→ LIE

licentious

sexually unrestrained;  lawless or immoral [licentiousness – noun; licentiously – adv.]

morally + lawfully unrestrained (usu sexual)