The Crucible vocab, list 1--07
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- ineptly
- Awkwardly
- blasphemy
- An irreverent or impious act or utterance concerning God or sacred things
- evade
- Escape or avoid by cleverness or deceit
- pretense
- The act of pretending
- calumny
- A false statement maliciously or knowingly made up to injure someone
- propitiation
- Appeasement; act of atoning for sin or wrongdoing
- qualm
- Sensation of misgiving or uneasiness; uneasy feeling of guilt
- menacingly
- Threateningly
- manifest
- Something apparent to the sight or understanding
- effrontery
- Audacity; insulting boldness
- contemplation
- Thoughtful observation or meditation
- statutes
- Laws, decrees or edicts
- contemptuously
- Scornfully; disdainfully
- diabolism
- Witchcraft; sorcery
- indictment
- Statement of criminal charges
- indignant
- Filled with an anger aroused by something unjust or unworthy
- abominations
- Things that elicit dislike, disgust, or abhorrence (hatred)
- perplexed
- Bewildered; puzzled; confused
- condemnation
- Severe reproof; strong censure
- prodigious
- Extraordinary; marvelous; great in size or magnitude