Crucible Act III Vocab
Pre-Reading Quiz
• Use the Act III vocab words from your
packet as you complete this activity.
• For each numbered sentence, write down
the vocabulary word that could effectively
fill the blank.
• When you first see the blank, try to figure
out what part of speech needs to go there—
(noun, verb, adjective, adverb)
1) Though my friend told me this album
rocks, honestly, by looking at the cover,
I’m _____________.
2) Bologna, hotdogs, and chicken nuggets
seem a little more __________ when you
see the “mechanically separated meat”
that’s often used to make them.
3) Customers __________ the bank for the
discriminatory design of their ATM machine.
4) Though she had some issues with road
rage, Fluffy had an ____________
driving record.
5) While it had an important message, I
had ___________ about letting my 6year-old nephew use this coloring book
because it might frighten him.
6) A photographer happened to snap this photo
of Prince Charles which—for an instant—makes
him mistakenly appear to be on the verge of an
act of ______. (which, truthfully, he definitely wasn’t)
7) Emerson lost his tooth; ________, he’s
leaving this note of explanation to appease the
tooth fairy.
8) The father shark is definitely NOT teaching
his son a lesson in ___________.
9) Things tend to get ___________ when
Larry and Dwayne hang out, as they always
fight over who is the cutest.
10) It was quite an act of _________ when
Amanda made and then gave this birthday
card to her dad.
11) Villains in
movies will often
use their
________to trap
the hero of the
story.
12) Joe’s ____________ dog Howie
made him popular with the ladies.
Now check your answers by looking at the
next set of slides.
1) Though my friend told me this album
rocks, honestly, by looking at the cover,
I’m incredulous.
INCREDULOUS
(adj.) – skeptical;
disbelieving
2) Bologna, hotdogs, and chicken nuggets
seem a little more forbidding when you
see the “mechanically separated meat”
that’s often used to make them.
FORBIDDING (adj.)
1)grim; unfriendly; hostile;
sinister
2) dangerous or hostile
3) Customers reproached the bank for the
discriminatory design of their ATM machine.
REPROACH
(verb) – to find
fault with a person
or group; blame;
censure
Nobody argued when this boy won the cartoon character
look-a-like contest because his resemblance to the kid in
the movie Up was beyond reproach.
This is a commonly
used phrase using this
word—that something is
“beyond reproach.”
We often this phrase to
mean the following:
There’s no way anyone
will disapprove.
4) Though she had some issues with road
rage, Fluffy had an immaculate driving
record.
IMMACULATE
(adj.) – 1) free
from spot or
stain; clean
2) free from
moral blemish
or impurity;
pure
5) While it had an important message, I
had qualms about letting my 6-year-old
nephew use this coloring book because it
might frighten him.
QUALM
(noun) –
1) an uneasy feeling
about the rightness of
a course of action
2) a sudden
apprehension;
uneasiness
6) A photographer happened to snap this photo
of Prince Charles which—for an instant—makes
him mistakenly appear to be on the verge of an
act of lechery. (which, truthfully, he definitely wasn’t)
LECHERY(noun)
– unrestrained or
excessive
indulgence of
sexual desire
LECHEROUS (adj)
LECHER (noun)
7) Emerson lost his tooth; ipso facto, he’s
leaving this note of explanation to appease the
tooth fairy.
IPSO FACTO
(adverb) – Latin
phrase meaning
“by the fact itself”
as an inevitable
result;
a direct
consequence or
effect of an act
PROBITY
(noun) –
honesty;
integrity and
uprightness
8) The father shark is definitely NOT teaching
his son a lesson in probity.
9) Things tend to get contentious when
Larry and Dwayne hang out, as they always
fight over who is the cutest.
CONTENTIOUS
(adj.)
tending to cause
argument or strife;
quarrelsome
10) It was quite an act of effrontery when
Amanda made and then gave this birthday
card to her dad.
EFFRONTERY
(noun) – shameless
boldness; barefaced
audacity
11) Villains in
movies will often
use their guile to
trap the hero of
the story.
GUILE (noun) –
deceitful scheming
in attaining a goal;
crafty or artful
deception
12) Joe’s prodigious dog Howie made
him popular with the ladies.
PRODIGIOUS
(adj) –
extraordinary in
size, amount,
extent, degree,
force, etc.