The Crucible Act Two

Match the following:

• condemnation

• an expression of strong disapproval

• draught

• an unnatural lack of color in the skin

• friction

• a young cow

• pallor

• a long and hurried swallow

• heifer

• a state of conflict between persons

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following:

• falter

• to urge on; cause to act

• compensate

• to move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

• ameliorate

• to make amends for

• prod

• to make better

• dote

• to shower with love; show excessive affection for

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following:

• perplexed

• angered at something unjust or wrong

• indignant

• not adhering to ethical or moral principles

• lofty

• difficult to handle; requiring great tact

• base

• full of difficulty, or confusion, or bewilderment

• delicate

• of high moral or intellectual value

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CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Match the following:

• blasphemy

• the act of depriving something of its sacred character

• mortar

• doubt about someone's honesty

• proceeding

• a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

• magistrate

• a substance used as a bond in masonry or for covering a wall

• misgiving

• a lay judge or civil authority who administers the law

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following:

• flinch

• to turn red, as if in embarrassment or shame

• flush

• to wish, long, or crave for

• concede

• to draw back, as with fear or pain

• covet

• to think about carefully, weigh

• deliberate

• admit or acknowledge, often reluctantly

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following:

• evasive

• invested with ministerial or priestly functions

• wily

• marked by skill in deception

• daft

• shining intensely

• glaring

• foolish or mentally irregular

• ordained

• deliberately vague or ambiguous

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Correctly use the word lechery in a complete sentence (you may use a form of the word). Use correct capitalization and punctuation.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Match the following:

• petty

• difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze

• subtle

• small and of little importance

• critical

• in a manner marked with extreme care or delicacy

• inept

• forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis

• gingerly

• generally incompetent and ineffectual

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Correctly use the verb form of the word warrant in a complete sentence. Use proper capitalization and punctuation.

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Correctly use the word proportionate in a complete sentence. Use correct capitalization and spelling in your sentence.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4