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to sully or tarnish
Parris’s reputation is becoming smirched because Betty has been witched in his house.
corrupt
trustworty, honest |
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back up information, story
Mary Warren was corroborating John’s story to help get Abigail put away for convincing everyone of witchcraft.
approve, verify
contradict, deny |
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extremely compliant
Mary Warren is subservient to the Proctors even though she doesn’t have the best relationship with them since she’s their slave.
a slave to, at one's beck and call, at one's mercy
controlling, domineering |
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huge, enormous
The lie about witchcraft was so prodigious that not even Abigail could kill it.
gigantic, large
little, small, tiny |
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lawlessness; absence of government
Almost everyone in Salem could get away with anything because of the anarchy.
chaos, confusion
lawfulness, order, rule |
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confused
Rebecca Nurse is perplexed on trying to understand why she is being convicted of witchcraft when she’s a respected woman in Salem.
bewildered, puzzled
to understand, clear |
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angry
John Proctor is indignant towards Abigail for accusing his wife of witchcraft.
boiling, bugged, burned up
gleeful, happy, pleased |
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dedicated, religious
John Proctor is more pious then he leads on because he doesn’t go to church often because of Parris but he does know 9 out of 10 commandments.
devoted, spiritual
irreligious, sinful, wicked |
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deceitful, tricky
Abigail is very evasive because you never know who she’ll attack next so all you can do is hope it’s not you.
cunning, deceptive, devious
direct, forthright, honest |
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stupid; crazy
Most of the people in Salem are acting daft because they let hysteria get the best of them.
bonkers, deranged, dopey
brainy, intelligent, smart |
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disaster, tragedy
It is truly a calamity about how innocent people were accused of witchcraft and got hanged for telling the truth.
downfall, hardship
advantage, blessing, good luck |
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hard to sense; faint
Once I told Elizabeth about how she was convicted of witchcraft she felt imperceptible.
indistinct, indistinguishable, insensible
evident, noticeable, obvious |
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obedience, compliance
Mary Warren decides to be smart and deference John Proctor instead of siding with Abigail on the issue of Elizabeth getting convicted of witchcraft.
submission, yielding
disobedience, impoliteness, noncompliance |
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fairness, honesty
The judge tried to have probity in the court but it didn't help with the influence the girls had on the case.
honor, justice, morality
deceit, dishonesty, unfairness |
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great, magnificent
The girls that are supporting Abigail are sublime actresses because they are fooling almost everyone about being witched.
grand, outrageous
lowly, secondary |
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cruelly, without remorse
Abigail does everything in the story callously and gets away will killing many people just because she "confessed" to God about her sins.
fiercely, heartlessly
humanely, nicely |
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