1. The Crucible
Vocabulary

2. Vengeance
Definition: (noun) punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense
Synonym: Revenge
Antonym: Forgiveness
The vengeful young man sought to blacken the name of his girlfriend after she dumped him.

3. Heretics Definition: Contrary to the church or accepted standards.
Synonyms: blasphemer
Antonyms: Sacred
Sentence: His heretical statements were offensive to many believers in the church.

4. Orthodox Definition: Conforming to establish standards.
Synonyms: Conventional; conservative
Antonyms: Unconventional, nonconformist.
Sentence: The church was founded on a set of orthodox rules and did not stray too far from them.

5. Act II Vocabulary

6. Ameliorate verb Definition: to make better or more tolerable
Synonyms: amend, improve
Antonyms: worsen

7. Indignant
adjective
Definition: Feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or low
Synonyms: Offensive
Antonyms: Agreeable

8. Inept
Adjective
Definition: without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment
Synonyms: unskillful, inappropriate
Antonyms: suited, skillful

9. Calamity
Noun
Definition: great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury.
Synonyms: catastrophe, cataclysm
Antonyms: blessing, advantage

10. Blasphemy
noun
1. Definitions: Unholy utterance or action concerning God or something sacred
2. The crime of assuming to oneself the rights or qualities of God.
Synonyms: profanity, cursing, swearing; sacrilege
Antonyms: Reverence, Godliness

11. Act III Vocabulary

12. Contempt
Noun
Definition: 1. the feeling with which someone regards anything considered mean, vile, or worthless; 2. disrespect to the court
Synonyms: scorn, disdain
Antonyms: approval, respect
Other forms: contemptible (adj), contemptuous (adj)

13. Pretense Noun Definition: pretending; a false show
Synonyms: charade, disguise
Antonyms: truthful
Other forms: pretenseless (adj)

14. Prodigious
Adjective
Definition: extraordinary in size, extent, degree, force
Synonyms: monstrous
Antonyms: minor
Other forms: prodigiously (adv)

15. Perjury Noun Definition: willful giving of false testimony under oath
Synonyms: lying
Antonyms: telling the truth
Other forms: perjure (v)

16. Callous Adjective Definition: insensitive, indifferent, unsympathetic
Synonym: insensible
Antonym: sensitive
Other forms: callously (adv), callousness (n)

17. Act IV Vocabulary

18. Contention Noun Definition: a struggling together in opposition
Synonyms: Strife, conflict
Antonyms: Agreement
Other Forms: contentious (adj)

19. Righteous Adjective Definition: morally right or justifiable
Synonyms: good, fair, right
Antonyms: evil
Other forms: righteousness (n), righteously (adv)

20. Reprieve Noun Definition: a temporary relief from punishment
Synonyms: postponement, delay
Antonyms: doom, conviction
Other forms: repriever (n), reprieve (v)

21. Statute Noun Definition: an established law or rule Synonyms: law
Antonyms: request
Other forms: n/a

22. Perplex Verb Definition: to confuse Synonyms: mystify
Antonyms: enlighten
Other forms: perplexed (adj), perplexingly (adv)