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The Crucible Vocabulary - Thi
The Crucible Arthur Miller Vocabulary
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Language - English
11th Grade
04/07/2009

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conjured
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summoned by oath or spell
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faction
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small group, usually contentious, within a larger group
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abominations
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false statements knowingly made to injure someone
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inert
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unable to move or act
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hypocrites
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people who say they believe one way, but whose actions show they believe another
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partisan
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militant supporter of a party, cause, faction or idea
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calumny
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things that elicit great dislike or abhorrence
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prodigious
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extraordinary, marvelous
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quail
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to lose courage, decline, fail, give away
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anarchy
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political disorder and confusion
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ascertain
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find out; detect
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diabolism
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witchcraft; sorcery
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bemused
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confused
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antagonist
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adversaries; opponents
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propitiation
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appeasement
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licentious
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having no regard for accepted rules or standards
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evade
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escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit
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ecstatic
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in a state of exalted delight
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