Name:
Bouler/Fischer
The Crucible Act IV vocabulary
English III
Please complete vocabulary flash cards for the words due Fri, 10/17, sentences due Tues, 10/21, and an activity from column C on 10/22.
1. stench :
EXAMPLE SENTENCE:
n. a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Danforth: There is a prodigious stench in this place.
2. gaunt: adj. very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: He is gaunt, frightened, and sweating in his greatcoat.
3. pardon : n. the act of excusing a mistake or offense
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Parris, to Danforth, instantly: Oh, good morning, sir, thank you for coming, I beg your pardon wakin’ you so early.
4. summon: v. ask to come
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: But I thought to summon you, sir, that we might think on whether it be not wise, to—He dares not say it.
5. beguile: v. influence by slyness
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Danforth: Now hear me, and beguile yourselves no more.
6. mercy: adj. a disposition to be kind and forgiving
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Excellency, if you postpone a week and publish to the tow that you are striving for their confessions, that speak mercy on
your part, not faltering.
7. marked: v. singled out for notice or especially for a dire fate
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Hale: Goody Proctor, your husband is marked to hang this morning.
8. indictment: n. an accusation of wrongdoing
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: He would not answer aye or nay to his indictment; for if he denied the charge they'd hang him surely.
9. testify: v. give testimony in a court of law
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Mr. Proctor, a score of people have already testified they saw this woman with the Devil.
10. rejoice: v. feel happiness or joy
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Why, you should rejoice to say it if your soul is truly purged of any love for Hell!
11. purge: v. make pure or free from sin or guilt
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Why, you should rejoice to say it if your soul is truly purged of any love for Hell!
12. penitence: n. remorse for your past conduct
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Is there no good penitence but it be public?
13. vanity: n. feelings of excessive pride
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: It is pride, it is vanity.
14. profit: n. derive a benefit from
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: What profit him to bleed?
15. declare: v. state emphatically and authoritatively
EXAMPLE SENTENCE: Shall worms declare this truth?