PPT-Crucible Vocab List 1

crucible The 12 week boot camp required recruits to wake up at 4 am run 8 miles a day and live on only dried apricots and beef jerky It was a crucible where they were tested both physically and mentally but they knew that this training was the only hope of surviving the zombie hordes that drew closer every day. The . Crucible . & Catcher. Terse (. adj. ) . - describes when someone speaks abruptly and rudely. Calumny (n). . - defamation; slander/libel; false accusations meant to ruin someone. Arbitrate (v). Puritan Poems, Speeches, & Transcendentalist Texts. 1. Improvisation (n). - the act of doing or performing something without prior practice. 2. Martyr (n). - a person who willingly suffers death or some type of severe consequence in order to uphold a principle or belief (religious martyrs are the most common). Into the Wild. 1. Affluent (. adj. ). - wealthy. 2. Emulate (v). - to strive to equal or surpass an example of something. 3. Asceticism (n). - quality of depriving oneself of luxuries; simplicity; anti-materialism. The Crucible/Catcher in the Rye. 1. Theocracy (n). - government by priests claiming to rule with divine authority. 2. Autocracy (n). - government by a single person or small group that has unlimited power or authority (could be a theocracy; another kind is plutocracy, gov’t by the rich). #8. : . The Great Gatsby. 1. . Feign (v)- . to make believe; pretend. 2. . Supercilious. . (. adj. )- . arrogant; smug. 3. . . Complacent. . (. adj. )- . smug or comfortable, without awareness of some potential danger or defect. Into the Wild. 1. Trough (n). - lowest point of something. 2. Amalgam (n). - mixture; combination (of). 3. Anomaly (n). - abnormality; exception; peculiarity. 4. Amphibious (. adj. ). - having a mixed nature; the ability to conform and thrive in different environments. : . The Great Gatsby. 1. . Feign (v)- . to make believe; pretend. 2. . Supercilious. . (. adj. )- . arrogant; smug. 3. . . Complacent. . (. adj. )- . smug or comfortable, without awareness of some potential danger or defect. Vocabulary Chart. Start a vocabulary chart for . The Crucible. Word and Part of Speech. Definition. Phrase or Sketch. to help you remember. Use in. a sentence.. theocracy (n). p. 1101. a. government ruled by religious authority. Into the Wild. 1. Trough (n). - lowest point of something. 2. Amalgam (n). - mixture; combination (of). 3. Anomaly (n). - abnormality; exception; peculiarity. 4. Amphibious (. adj. ). - able to conform and thrive in different environments; of a . Consider the following statement: “It is nobler to die with integrity than to live with compromised principles that harm others."  . Do . you agree or disagree with this statement?  Why or why not?  Give . The Crucible. Terse (. adj. ) . - describes when someone speaks abruptly and rudely. Calumny (n). . - defamation; slander/libel; false accusations meant to ruin someone. Arbitrate (v). - mediate; negotiate; to act as an impartial judge in order to settle a dispute. 1. . What does Giles accuse Mr. Putnam of in the beginning of Act III?. 2. . When Danforth gives John Proctor the offer to keep Elizabeth alive for a year, why does John refuse his offer?. 3. . Explain what is ironic about the following statement Danforth makes: “No uncorrupted man may fear this court, Mr. Hale! None!” (215). Ch. 1-4. p. alpable. t. ransgression. a. ptitude. c. hastise. p. etulantly. r. emorse. h. asten. c. hortled. Vocab . ch. 1-4 due Wednesday 10/30. On the test. : . foreshadowing and point of view. List One: . Arthur Miller. Some biographical information:. Born in 1915, New York City. Worked his way through college at University of Michigan. Began career as a playwright in 1938, writing plays to be performed on the radio.