The Crucible Vocab 2

Innate (adj)

Inborn or natural

Defiled (v)

to spoil something or someone so that the the thing or person is less beautiful or pure

Ingratiating (adj)

Intended to gain approval or favor.

Communal (adj)

Belonging to or used by a group rather than an individual.

Autocratic (adj)

demanding that people obey completely, without asking or caring about anyone else's opinions

Perpetuation (n)

The act of causing something to continue, especially something harmful, or the fact of something harmful continuing

Antagonistic (adj)

actively opposing or showing unfriendliness or opposition toward something or someone

Differentiation(n)

the act of showing or finding difference between things that are compared

insoluble (adj)

(of a problem) so difficult that it is impossible to solve

Disunity (n)

A situation where people disagree so much that they can no longer work together effectively