The Crucible Vocab #1

Abyss: Bottomless hole, a vast expanse or depth

Autocrat: A person with unlimited influence and authority, usually a negative word

Deference: courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another, showing respect.

Dissemble: Disguise, pretend

Dogmatic: arbitrary strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner.

Heretical: Contrary to church doctrine, accepted beliefs/standards

Indigenous: Native to a certain area

Ingratiate: to make an effort to gain good favor with someone

innate: existing from birth, inborn

innert: unable to act or move

Junta: a group of people who join in running a gov. sometimes after a revolution

Orthodox: conforming to established standards, conventional

paradoxical: something that appears false or contradictory but is actually correct

Parochial: limited in the range of scope, narrow, provincial

Predilection: Preference

Propriety: Correct conduct

Quake: To shake from shock or inability

Savory: Appetizing

Sectarian: Member of a sect, a faction w/ extreme beliefs. Narrow-minded

Vindictive: Revengeful, spiteful