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The Crucible
Vocabulary
25
Literature
11th Grade
10/28/2008

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dissembling
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to hide your real intentions and feelings or the facts
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faction
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a group within a larger group
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compromise
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an agreement between two sides who have different opinions
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contention
Definition
verbal argument or struggle; quarreling
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naïve
Definition
lacking knowledge of the ways of the world; unsophisticated; innocent.
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subservient
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useful; in an inferior capacity; to promote an end; submissive.
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trepidation
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worry or anxiety about something that is going to happen
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pretense
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a false show or appearance, esp for the purpose of deceiving; falseness
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defamation
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to damage someone's reputation by saying or writing bad things about them that are true
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evade
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to escape or avoid, as by cleverness.
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reprimand
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to reprove or correct sharply
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base
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morally low; dishonorable
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covet
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to desire, esp to an excessive degree, something belonging to another.
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misgiving
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a feeling of doubt, distrust, or anxiety.
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ineptly
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incompetently; awkwardly; clumsily
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vile
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evil; foul; repulsive; degrading
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immaculate
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unblemished; flawless; pure
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guile
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cunning, deceit, slyness.
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contemplation
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the act of thinking about something long and seriously
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unperturbed
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undisturbed
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conciliatory
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try to gain the good will of another by friendly acts
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reprieve
Definition
official postponement of the carrying out of a sentence
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retaliation
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the act of repaying an injury or wrong by committing the same, or a similar, act.
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adamant
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completely firm and unyielding
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indictment
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a formal legal accusation, charging the commission or omission of an act, which punishable by law
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