"The Crucible" Quiz 2

MJKubus (United States of America)
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  1. conjure
    summon into action or bring into existence
    Abigail: But we never conjured spirits.
  2. abomination
    hate coupled with disgust
    Abominations are done in the forest –
  3. deference
    courteous regard for people's feelings
    A certain deference springs into him., although his worry remains.
  4. hysterical
    characterized by a state of violent mental agitation
    Mary Warren, with hysterical fright: What’s got her?
  5. pretense
    the act of giving a false appearance
    I never knew what pretense Salem was, I never knew the lying lessons I was taught by all these Christian women and their covenanted men!
  6. exaltation
    the elevation of a person, as to the status of a god
    Hale, with rising exaltation: You are God’s instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil’s agents among us.
  7. enrapture
    hold spellbound
    She is enraptured, and though in a pearly light.
  8. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
    Elizabeth: John, if it were not Abigail that you must go to hurt, would you falter now?
  9. pallor
    an unnatural lack of color in the skin
    Her strangeness throws him off, and her evident pallor and weakness.
  10. daft
    foolish or mentally irregular
    Proctor: I have never knew until tonight that the world is gone daft with this nonsense.
  11. contention
    the act of competing as for profit or a prize
    Do you know, Mr. Proctor, that the entire contention of the state in these trials is that the voice of Heaven is speaking through the children?
  12. vile
    morally reprehensible
    Parris: Excellency, you surely cannot think to let so vile a lie be spread in open court!
  13. deposition
    a pretrial interrogation of a witness
    This is Mary Warren's deposition.
  14. perjury
    criminal offense of making false statements under oath
    Danforth: I will tell you this-- you are either lying now, or you were lying in the court, and in either case you have committed perjury and will go to jail for it.
  15. apparition
    a ghostly appearing figure
    In which she swears that she never saw familiar spirits, apparitions, or any manifest of the Devil.
  16. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
    In which she swears that she never saw familiar spirits, apparitions, or any manifest of the Devil.
  17. guile
    shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
    If she speak true, I bid you now drop your guile and confess your pretense, for a quick confession will go easier with you.
  18. indictment
    an accusation of wrongdoing
    He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment; for if he denied the charge they'd hang him surely.
  19. penitence
    remorse for your past conduct
    Is there no good penitence but it be public?
Created on Sat Sep 04 17:32:07 EDT 2021

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