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The Crucible
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11th Grade
10/21/2009
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abomination
 Definition
to hate
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abrogation
 Definition
cancellation by authority
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abyss
 Definition
bottemless
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adamant
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inflexible
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affidavit
 Definition
written statememt made under oath
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anarchy
 Definition
to be without government
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anonymity
 Definition
lacking individuality
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apprehension
 Definition
captures, arrests, anticipation
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arbiter
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person to judge a dispute
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ascertain
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to find out with certainty
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autocratic
 Definition
ruler with absolute power
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beguile
 Definition
mislead by tricking
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blanched
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bleached
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blatantly
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really loud, obvious
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calumny
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a false statement
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citadel
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a fortress
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conciliatory
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win over
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contempt
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feeling one has toward something lower
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contemptuous
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scornful
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contention
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a point argued for
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contiguous
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in contact
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corroborating
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to confirm, support
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covenanted
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agreed
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defamation
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the slandering of reputation
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deference
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a yielding in opinion
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deference
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yielding in opinion
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defiled
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filthy
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deposition
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removal from office
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dissembling
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to tell feelings under a false appearance
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dote
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to be very fond of
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effrontery
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audacity
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embodiment
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give bodily form to
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entity
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existance
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excommunication
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exclude from privelages of church
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faction
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a group of people working against main body
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fanatics
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enthusiastic
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fetishes
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objects believed to have magic power
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gaunt
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thin and bony
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guile
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cunning dealing with others
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heathen
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someone who is not religious
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homage
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something given to show honor
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immaculate
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perfectly clean
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incredulous
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unwilling to believe
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indignant
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poor, needy
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inert
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to not have the power to resist
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ingratiating
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bring yourself into another persons favor
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iniquity
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wickedness
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injunctions
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commands, orders
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innate
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natural
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lechery
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sensual man
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malign
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to speak evil of
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manifestation
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something being apparent to senses
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marauder
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someone who raids
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motif
 Definition
repeated figure in a design
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naught
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nothing
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paradox
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a contradictory system
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parochial
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in a parish, narrow minded
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partisan
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a strong supporter of a party
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penitence
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willing to atone for wrong doings
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perplexed
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confused
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perverse
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not being right or good
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predilection
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preference
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pretense
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a claim
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probity
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honesty
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prodigious
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amazing
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prohibition
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not allowing
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proportionate
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relative in size
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propriety
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being proper fitting
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providence
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guidance of god
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repressions
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rejection
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reprimanding
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severely rebuking
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rescinded
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revoked
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revelation
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a revealing
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sibilance
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hissing noise
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sublime
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noble
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theocracy
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a religious government
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trepidation
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anxiety
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unperturbed
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calm
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vindictive
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revengeful
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