the crucible

Question 1

Adamant

Answer 1

adj. unshakable or insistent

- She will never be able to adamant because of the way she acts.

Question 2

Afflict

Answer 2

vb. to distress with mental or bodily pain; trouble greatly or grievously
- Cancer afflicts pain to many people

Question 3

Beguile

Answer 3

vb. to lead by deception, to take away from by cheating or deceiving
- She used her identity to beguile the two men.

Question 4

Confounded

Answer 4

adj. confused, perplexed

- The students were confounded by the way the new teacher was giving the lesson

Question 5

Contention

Answer 5

n. a struggling together in opposition a striving in rivalry; competition; contest.strife in debate
- So the contention that you need help on a test and dont come after school is a problem.

Question 6

Contiguous

Answer 6

adj. touching,in contact in close proximity without actually touching; near
- I am contiguous with my dance partner.

Question 7

Deference

Answer 7

n. respectful submission or yielding to the judgment, opinion, will
- The people are in deference with the problem.

Question 8

Effrontery

Answer 8

n. shameless or impudent boldness;barefaced audacity.

- Not all people have a effrontery attitude.

Question 9

Formidable

Answer 9

adj. causing fear, of discouraging or awesome strength , size,a great strength
- When i was jumping of the table i created formidable to others

Question 10

Grave

Answer 10

n. an excavation made in the earth in which to bury a dead body
- People visit the grave many times

Question 11

Incredulous

Answer 11

adj. not credulous, disinclined or indisposed to believe skeptical
- I am very incredulous in ghost

Question 12

Malign

Answer 12

vb. to speak harmful untruths about, speak evil of slander defame
- Brothers and sister speak malign to each other because they are angry

Question 13

Manifestation

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n. a public demonstration, as for political effect

- A long time ago people would manifest with other people they didnt like

Question 14

Predilection

Answer 14

n. tendency to think favorably of something in particular

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Question 15

Pretense

Answer 15

n. pretending or feigning; make believe

- In books the author may sometimes pretense the story

Question 16

Prodigious

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adj. extraordinary in size , amount, extent,degree

- There is a prodigious apple

Question 17

Purged

Answer 17

verb. to rid of whatever is impure or undesirable cleanse purify or free
- Because they ate to much they were purging

Question 18

Quail

Answer 18

n. small migratory gallinaceous game bird

- The quail was gracefully flying

Question 19

Rankle

Answer 19

vb. to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind, fester, be painful
- I was very mad at my brother so i continued to rankle him.

Question 20

Sniveling

Answer 20

vb. to weep or cry with sniffing , whine
n. weak, bushing or pretended weeping
- the young child was sniveling because she didnt get what she wanted.