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Crucible
Crucible Vocab
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Literature
11th Grade
11/21/2013

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contention
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a verbal argument or struggle
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ameliorate
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to make better or more tolerable
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pretense
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a false show or appearance
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covet
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to desire
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unperturbed
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calm
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evade
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to escape or avoid
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retaliation
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the act of repaying an injury or wrong
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Compromise
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to endanger the reputation or interests of
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subservient
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useful in an inferior capacity
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contemplation
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the act of thinking about long and serioulsy
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reprieve
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official postponement of the carrying out of a sentence
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vile
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evil or foul
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indictment
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a formal legal accusation
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reprimand
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to reprove or correct sharply
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concilatory
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intended to gain or regain the good will of another by friendly acts
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adament
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firm
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ineptly
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incompletely
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base
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morally low
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immaculate
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unblemished, flawless
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perjury
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the act or swearing under oath to the truth of something that one knows to be untrue
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