Crucible vocab

crucible

a servere test, as of patience or belief; a trial

inert

unable to move or act

creed

formal statement of religious belief; a confession of faith

ne’er-do-well

an idle, irresponsible person

predilection

a partiality or disposition in favor of something; a prefernce

autocracy

gevernment by a single person having unlimited power

theocracy

a government ruled by or subject to religious authority

titillate

to excite (anothera), pleasure, superficial or erotically

prodigious

impressivly great in size, force, or extent

diabolical

characteristics of the devil

arbiter

one chosen or appointed to judge or decide a issue

mores

accepted traditional customs and usages of a part. social group

licentious

lacking moral discipline or ignoring legal restraint, especially in sexual conduct

blasphemy

profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a sacred entity

draft

mad, crazy

qualm

an uneasy feeling about the propriety or rightness of a course of action

probity

complete and confirmed integritgy

perjury

giving of false, misleading, or incomplete testimony under oath

guile

treacherous cunning; skillful deceit

quail

to shrink back with fear; cower

reprieve

to postpone or cancel the punishment

sibilance

characterized by, or producing a hissing sound like that of/or (s) (sh)