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Crucible Glossary Terms
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8th Grade
02/18/2012

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afflict
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torment, frighten, or harm supernaturally
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break charity
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treat someone in a unloving way
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circle girls
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girls said to be dancing in the woods, first to accuse of witchcraft
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compact with the Devil
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to make a formal agreement of Satan
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coven
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group of witches with one leader
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covenanted Christian
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Puritan who was formally accepted as a member of a congregation
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crucible
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severe test
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crying out against
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accusing a person of witchcraft
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the Devil, the fiend, Lucifer, Satan
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Christian names for the supreme spirit of evil
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the Devil's book
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book containing signatures of witches
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the Devil's Mark
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scar or blemish on the body of a witch
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familiar spirit
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evil spirit or demon that serves a witch
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Gallows Hill
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place where those convicted as witches were hanged
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Goody
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term for mistress of a household; Goodwife; Mrs.
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hysteria/mass hysteria
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phenomenon that overtook the town of Salem in 1692
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licentious
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lustful
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McCarthyism
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making accusations with little to no evidence
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Quakers
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members of the Society of Friends
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spectral evidence
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testimony about what was said or done by an apparition
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theocracy
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government in which religious authorities rule the state
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traffick with spirits
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to conjure up spells or have communication with demons
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warden
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court official in Puritan times
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witch
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person said to practice black magic
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witch-hunt
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an intensive effort to expose disloyalty; usually with little or no evidence
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witchcraft
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art or practice of sorcery or magic
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