The Crucible: Context Clues/Vocabulary #1
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Write down the word and the definition.
For example, #1 is: abominations: acts of wickedness.
Write a new sentence using the word
1. Puritans felt that dancing and other worldly entertainments were abominations, acts of wickedness.
2. According to Salemites, lechery would damn a person to the abyss, the bottomless pit of hell.
3. Reverend Hale arrived in Salem to confirm, to make certain, that witchcraft was present.
4. Tituba agreed that she and the girls had conjured up, summoned by magic, the spirit of the dead.
5. Grievances, complaints of injustices, were frequently voiced by the Putnams.
6. In act I of the Crucible, the motif, theme, is that witchcraft was suspected.
7. The arrival of Reverend Hale, titillated, excited the town dwellers about the prospect of witchcraft.
8. Reverend Paris’s obsession with worldly goods rankled, annoyed, John Proctor to a great extent.
9. Abigail instilled much trepidation, fear and anxiety, into the girls if they decided to disclose their actions in the
forest.
10. The Putnams began to show their vindictiveness, revengeful natures, early in the play.
The Crucible: Context Clues/Vocabulary
1.
2.
Write down the word and the definition.
For example, #1 is: abominations: acts of wickedness.
Write a new sentence using the word
1. Puritans felt that dancing and other worldly entertainments were abominations, acts of wickedness.
2. According to Salemites, lechery would damn a person to the abyss, the bottomless pit of hell.
3. Reverend Hale arrived in Salem to confirm, to make certain, that witchcraft was present.
4. Tituba agreed that she and the girls had conjured up, summoned by magic, the spirit of the dead.
5. Grievances, complaints of injustices, were frequently voiced by the Putnams.
6. In act I of the Crucible, the motif, theme, is that witchcraft was suspected.
7. The arrival of Reverend Hale, titillated, excited the town dwellers about the prospect of witchcraft.
8. Reverend Paris’s obsession with worldly goods rankled, annoyed, John Proctor to a great extent.
9. Abigail instilled much trepidation, fear and anxiety, into the girls if they decided to disclose their actions in the
forest.
10. The Putnams began to show their vindictiveness, revengeful natures, early in the play.
The Crucible: Context Clues/Vocabulary
Directions: For each one write down the word and the definition. For
example, #1 is: abominations: acts of wickedness. Then write a new
sentence using the vocabulary word.
1. Puritans felt that dancing and other worldly entertainments were
abominations, or acts of wickedness.
2. According to Salemites, lechery would damn a person to the
abyss, the bottomless pit of hell.
3. Reverend Hale arrived in Salem to confirm, to make certain, that
witchcraft was present.
4. Tituba agreed that she and the girls had conjured up, summoned
by magic, the spirit of the dead.
5. Grievances, complaints of injustices, were frequently voiced by
the Putnams.
6. In act I of The Crucible, the motif, theme, is that witchcraft was
suspected.
7. The arrival of Reverend Hale, titillated, or excited the town
dwellers about the prospect of witchcraft.
8. Reverend Paris’ obsession with worldly goods rankled, annoyed,
John Proctor to a great extent.
9. Abigail instilled much trepidation, fear and anxiety, into the girls
if they decided to disclose their actions in the forest.
10. The Putnams began to show their vindictiveness, revengeful
natures, early in the play.