Puritan/Crucible Vocabulary Pt. 2

Ms. May (United States of America)
Act I - licentious, exude, prodigious,
Act II - daft, falter, grapple, pallor
Act III - reckon, traffic, contention, deposition, guile, manifest, perjury, vague, vile
Act IV - beguile, indictment, purge, penitence
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  1. licentious
    lacking moral discipline
  2. exude
    release in drops or small quantities
  3. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  4. daft
    foolish or mentally irregular
  5. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  6. grapple
    work hard to come to terms with or deal with something
  7. pallor
    an unnatural lack of color in the skin
  8. reckon
    expect, believe, or suppose
  9. traffic
    vehicles or pedestrians traveling in a particular locality
  10. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
  11. deposition
    the act of putting something somewhere
  12. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
  13. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  14. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
  15. vague
    lacking clarity or distinctness
  16. vile
    morally reprehensible
  17. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  18. indictment
    an accusation of wrongdoing
  19. purge
    rid of impurities
  20. penitence
    remorse for your past conduct
Created on Thu Aug 22 10:05:29 EDT 2013 (updated Thu Aug 22 10:06:52 EDT 2013)

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