Vocab from the Crucible - AE, Cohen

Creed

set of rules/beliefs

Ordinance

authoritative rule

Predilection

Strong Liking or Preference

Maraud

Pirate

Heathen

uncivilized/irreligious person

Conjure

Summon

Deference

Courteous regard for others’ feelings

Calumny

False accusation/slander

Exude

To make evidence by one’s mood/behavior

Abide

Agreeing/following to a rule or put up with someone unpleasant

Evade

avoid

Enrapture

To hold spellbound

Falter

weaken

Magistrate

Judge

Pallor/Pallid

unnatural lack of color in skiT

Traffic

To deal illegally

Daft

Wild/Foolish/Silly

Reckon

Suppose/BelieveC

Calamity

Disaster

Grapple

To wrestle with (figurative or literally)

Providence

GoD

Deposition

Sworn statement before a trial

Contention

Point of argument

Vile

disgusting/wicked

Perjury

Crime of lying in court

Apparition

Spirit

Manifest

reveal its presence or make an appearance

Guile

Cunningness/Slyness

Fancy

Have a particular liking for

Transfixed

become motionless to astonishment/horror

Agape

with mouth wide open

Prodigious

Impressively large in size/degree

Stench

terrible odor

Gaunt

very thin especially from age

Beguile

influence with slyness

Indictment

Accusation of wrongdoing

Purge

Make pure of free from sin or guilt

Penitence

Remorse for past conduct

Perennial

Long lasting/enduring

Blithe

Happy/Joyous

Absolve

liberate from blame or responsibility

Latent

Existing but not yet discovered

Importune

To beg

Capitulate

to surrender

Titular

Holding a formal title without real authority

Malice

Desire to do evil

Affinity

Natural liking or sympathy for something

Churlish

rude

Affectation

Artificial behavior designed to impress