Act 1 Vocab
charming; flattering
What is ingratiating?
to make better
What is ameliorate?
to trick
What is beguile?
This word (of the set) is LEAST likely to be used by us, the readers- to describe Abigail Williams: dissembling, base, ingratiating, concilliatory
What is conciliatory (she's not reducing anyone's anger, she's inciting it!)
This is the word that best finishes each sentence:
In order to __________the consequences she knew were coming, Abigail stole Parris's money and ran away.
What is evade?
widely and unfavorably known (also part of famous murdered rapper's name)
courteous regard for respect
What is deference?
very thin, especially from disease, hunger, or cold
What is guant?
This word (of the set) is MOST likely to be used by us, the readers- to describe John Proctor: quail, adamant, gingerly, tantalizing
What is adamant?
This is the word that best finishes each sentence:
Tituba was the first to be accused of making a ________ with the Devil.
What is compact?
abnormal, unusual
What is prodigious?
To do something eagerly
feelings of excessive pride
What is vanity?
This word has a meaning MOST unrelated to others in the set: blasphemy, pallor, abomination, theology
What is pallor? (the rest have to do w/ religion)
This is the word that best finishes each sentence:
At the beginning of Act IV, when Danforth enters the jail he says: "There is a ____________stench in this place" (Miller 114).
What is prodigious?
to avoid, dodge, escape
What is evade?
cringe from
What is to quail?
tending to soothe anger (adj)
What is conciliatory?
This word has the meaning MOST UNRELATED to others in the set: defamation, calumny, ameliorate, dissembling
What is ameliorate? (the rest have to do with false statements or being deceptive & ameliorate means to make better)
This is the word that best finishes each sentence:
It was Abigail's ______________demeanor that attracted John Proctor to her.
THE ACT OF uttering false charges or misrepresentations maliciously calculated to damage another's reputation
What is defamation?
sinful act or remark
What is blasphemy (or abomination)?
remorse for your past conduct
What is penitence?
This word has the meaning MOST UNLIKE the others: deference, base, ameliorate, penitence
What is base? (the rest have a positive connotation/meaning)
This is the word that best finishes each sentence:
Reverend Hale hoped his presence in Salem would ________________ the problems, but all it did was make things worse.
What is ameliorate?