Helpful Vocabulary
Look over the list of words below. If you are confident you understand
the meaning of a word, check it off your list. If you are not confident in
your understanding, take some time to look up the definition and/or
pronunciation of that unfamiliar word to assist in your understanding
as we are reading The Crucible.
surmised
persecuted
barbaric
sect
dallied
shovelboard
lye
magistrates
predilection
rankle
marauded
parishioners
heathen
parochial
citadel
homage
individualists
ingratiating
autocratic
autocracy
ideology
antagonistic
junta
insoluble
darkling
Paradox
theocracy
prohibition
repressions
injunction
dissembling
apprehension
propriety
congregation
faction
pulpit
obscene
abominations
providence
vindictive
smirched
embittered
junctures