The Crucible Act 3 Vocabulary
abundant marked by great plenty |
affidavit a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer |
anonymity - secrecy; having an unknown or unacknowledged name |
audible - able to be heard |
auger a tool used for boring or drilling holes |
base degrading; contemptuous |
befuddled muddled, stupefied, confused |
callously in a manner of feeling or showing no emotion |
contemptuous - scornful |
contentious - quarrelsome |
daft - crazy |
deferentially in a manner of showing respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
deposition testimony taken down in writing under oath |
effrontery shameless boldness |
gait pace; a manner or rate of movement or progress |
gulling taking advantage of; deceiving |
immaculate spotlessly clean |
imperceptible extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
incredulously skeptically; with disbelief |
ipso facto Latin for by the fact itself |
manifest evidence; appearance; sign |
plaintiff a person who brings a legal action against another |
probity honesty; integrity; adherence to the highest principles and ideals |
qualm misgiving; a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |
slovenly sloppily |
unperturbed untroubled |
vestry an elective body in an Episcopal parish composed of the rector and a group of elected parishioners administering the temporal affairs of the parish |