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Crucible Vocabulary
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10/02/2005

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ameliorate
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To make or become better; improve
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apparition
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A ghostly figure; a specter
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calumny
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A false statement maliciously made to injure a person; slander
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citadel
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A fortress in a commanding position
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crucible
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A severe test; terrible ordeal
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deistic
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Emphasizing morality
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defamation
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Attack on anohter person's reputation
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deposition
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Statement by a witness written down for court use.
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diametric
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Exactly opposite; contrary
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dissembling
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Lying; disguising; concealing
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ecclesiastical
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Relating to a formal church
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effrontery
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Brazen boldness
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fetish
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An object believed to have magical powers
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fiend
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A person of great wickedness
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guile
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Treacherous cunning; skill deciet
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inculuate
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To impress upon the mind by frequent instruction
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indictment
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A written statemetn charing a person with crime
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iniquity
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Gross immortality; wickedness; sin
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malevolence
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Vicious ill-will towards another
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malign
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To make evil, often untrue statemetns about another
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mimic
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To imitate
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overture
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An introductions or beginning; a prelude
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penitence
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The conditions of feeling sorrow for wrongdoing
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plaintiff
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Party that institutes a suit in court
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predilection
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A partiality in favor of something. A preference
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propitiate
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To conciliate; to appease
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prosecutor
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Someone who brings legal action against someone
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providence
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The care, guardianship, and control exercised by God
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purge
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To free from impurities. To cleanse
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puritanical
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Characterized by rigid morality
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reprieve
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To postone or cancel the punishment
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theocracy
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A government run by religious authority
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trepidation
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A state of alarm or fear
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vindictive
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Disposed to seek revenge
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vestry
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A small room attached to a church
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yeoman
Definition
An attendant, servant, or less official
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