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The Crucible Vocabulary
Acts 3 and 4
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04/10/2005
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auger
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a tool for boring holes
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contentious
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argumentative; inclined to quarrel
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denounce
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to accuse formally
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effrontery
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brashness; shamelessness
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forbidding
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having a meancing appearance
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gait
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the speed of proceeding
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immaculate
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free from error
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imperceptible
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barely noticeable
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inaudibly
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not capable of being heard
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probity
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a complete honesty; integrity
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prodigious
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enormous
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qualm
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a doubt
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remorseless
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having no mercy or compassion
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slovenly
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untidy
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sublime
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supreme
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transfix
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to paralyze with horror or shock
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undermine
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to weaken or damage
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unintelligible
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not able to be understood
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adamant
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not responding to pleas
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beguile
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to deceive
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conciliatory
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trying to overcome disagreement
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disputation
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an argument
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flail
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to shake about wildly
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gaunt
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extremely pale
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gibbet
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a gallows
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penitence
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the remorse or sorrow for one's sin
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quavering
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trembling
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sibilance
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a hissing sound
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purge
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to cleanse of sin
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