The Crucible Act I Vocabulary

Front

Tendency to think favorably

Back

Predilection

Front

Small group ruling a country

Back

Junta

Front

Fortress controlling a city

Back

Citadel

Front

Charming; agreeable; pleasing

Back

Ingratiating

Front

Self-contradictory statement expressing possible truth

Back

Paradox

Front

tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation

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trepidation

Front

Form of government where God is supreme ruler

Back

Theocracy

Front

False and malicious statement

Back

Calumny

Front

Extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force

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Prodigious

Front

Group within a larger organization

Back

Faction