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9 English Honors - Vocabulary

The Crucible

by Arthur Miller

Define the following words:

potent (4)

somber (p. 4)

predilection (5)

rankle (5)

maraud (5)

innate (5)

parochial (5)

ingratiate (6)

junta (6)

insoluble (6)

injunction (7)

dissemble (9)

quaver (10)

abomination (11)

parish (11)

defer (12)

providence (13)

vindictive (14)

clamor (15)

corroborate (15)

intimation (15)

trepidation (18)

calumny (20)

exude (25)

uncanny (25)

arbitrate (25)

partisan (26)

iniquity (26)

prodigious (28)

faction (30)

defamation (31)

solemn (31)

cosmology (33)

diametric (33)

lapse (33)

inculcation (34)

malign (34)

abrogate (34)

scourge (34)

conventional (35)

fetish (35)

puritanical (35)

prudent (35)

atomize (36)

lascivious (36)

burlesque (36)

laxity (36)

licentious (41)

exult (46)

ecstatic (48)

reprimand (51)

naught (53)

pallor (55)

ameliorate (56)

compact (noun p. 56)

indignant (57)

mimic (58)

crone (58)

dote (61)

pious (64)

wily (64)

deliberate (66)

adultery (67)

evasive (67)

strive (69)

bewilder (70)

quail (not the bird - 71)

taint (71)

gingerly (73)

inept (73)

obstruct (75)

warrant (verb - 75)

blasphemy (79)

menacing (80)

providence (81)

scorn (84)

remorse (85)

contentious (85)

deposition (88)

perceptible (92)

brisk (93)

covenant (94)

effrontery (98)

immaculate (99)