THE CRUCIBLE
ACT ONE VOCABULARY
TYPE YOUR WORK!
ATTENTION STUDENTS: I expect this to be either emailed to me or printed out
ready to hand in NEXT class. NO EXCEPTIONS!! If you do NOT have a computer
or access to a computer, you must handwrite this work. Remember, everyone
MUST have the MLA header and the title should be Crucible Act One Vocab.
I have done an example for you on Part I. On Part II you are placing the correct
vocabulary word in the sentence based on the definition of the word and
context clues in the sentences.
Yes, you will need to type out the sentences on Part II and UNDERLINE the
vocabulary word you used in the sentence. DO ALL 16 TERMS!!!!!
ACT ONE: Beginning to Hale’s Entrance
CONJURED
FACTION
ABOMINATIONS
INERT
PARTISAN
HYPOCRITES
PRODIGIOUS
QUAIL
ANARCHY
PART I: Define each of the above vocabulary words for Act I. You will need to list the part of
speech, definition, two synonyms, and two antonyms. You will also need to construct a
compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence using the vocabulary word.
NO SIMPLE SENTENCES
EXAMPLE
1. Conjured – Verb / To affect, produce, bring, or command as if by magic
2 Syn: Beseeched, Entreated
2 Ant: (If there is no antonym or synonym, leave blank)
As the witch conjured the love spell, she constantly chanted the desired man’s name.
PART II: Carefully read each excerpt from the play. Use the vocabulary word that best
completes each statement.
1. “There is a _______________ that is sworn to drive me from my pulpit. Do you
understand that?”
2. But Betty collapses in her hand and lies _______________ on the bed.”
3. “He need not have been a _______________ of any faction in the town, but there is
evidence to suggest that he had a sharp and biting way with _______________.”
4. “But we never _______________ spirits.”
5. “Why, we are surely gone wild this year. What _______________ is this?”
6. “_______________ are done in the forest….”
7. That is a notorious sign of witchcraft afoot, Goody Nurse, a _______________ sign.”
8. It’s somewhat true: there are many that _______________ to bring their children…”
ACT ONE: Hale’s Entrance to the End of Act One
ASCERTAIN
DIABOLISM
BEMUSED
ANTAGONISTS
LICENTIOUS
EVADE
ECSTATIC
PART I: Define each of the above vocabulary words for Act I. You will need to list the part of
speech, definition, two synonyms, and two antonyms. You will also need to construct a
compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence using the vocabulary word.
NO SIMPLE SENTENCES
PART II: Carefully read each excerpt from the play. Use the vocabulary word that best
completes each statement.
1. “On their _______________ cries, the curtain falls.”
2. “And it is no accident that we should be so _______________.”
3. “How could it be the Devil? Why would he choose my house to strike? We have all
manner of _______________ people right here in the village!”
4. “This is a beloved errand for him; on being called here to _______________ witchcraft he
felt the pride of the specialist whose unique knowledge has at least been publically
called for.”
5. “Evidently we are not quire certain even now whether _______________ is holy and not
to be scoffed at.”
6. “You cannot ______________ me, Abigail. Did your cousin drink any of the brew in that
kettle?”
7. “…he is called up and damned not only by our social _______________but by our own
side, whatever it may be.”