Act III Vocabulary Words
Used In Text
  1. abundant- “Now , Martha Corey, there is abundant evidence in our hands to show that you have given yourself to the reading of fortunes.” – Pg. 1291
  2. accusation- “ Mr. Putnam, I have here an accusation by Mr. Corey against you.” – Pg. 1299
  3. affidavit- “ Then let him submit his evidence in proper affidavit.” – Pg. 1293
  4. agape- She is transfixed- with all the girls, she is whimpering, open- mouthed agape at the ceiling. – Pg. 1311
  5. anti- Christ- “ You are combined with anti-Christ, are you not?” – Pg. 1314
  6. apparition- “ In which she swears that she never saw familiar spirits, apparitions, nor any manifest of the Devil.”- Pg. 1303
  7. augur bit- “ Children, a very augur bit will now be turned into your souls until your honesty is proved.” – Pg. 1303
  8. befouled- “ Will you confess yourself befouled with Hell, or do you keep that black allegiance yet?” – Pg. 1315
  9. compacted- “ Have you compacted with the Devil?”- Pg. 1312
  10. condemn- “ It is my wife you be condemning now.” –Pg. 1292
  11. contemplation- “ He charges contemplation of murder.” – Pg. 1292
  12. contemptuous- “ And how do you imagine to help her cause us with such contemptuous riot?” – Pg.- 1292
  13. contempt- “ This is contempt of the court, Mr. Danforth!” – Pg. 1305
  14. contention- “ Do you know, Mr. Proctor, that the entire contention of the state in these trials is that the voice of Heaven is speaking through the children?”- Pg. 1294
  15. dagger- “ I have seen them stuck by pins and slashed by daggers.” –Pg. 1296
  16. deception- “… that the spirits you have seen are illusion only, some deception that may cross your mind when-“ - Pg. 1307
  17. deposition- HATHORNE takes the deposition, and walks to the window with it. – Pg. 1298
  18. forfeit- “ If Jacobs hangs for a witch he forfeit up his property.” –Pg. 1299
  19. gulling- “ They’re gulling you, Mister!” – Pg. 1313
  20. harlotry- “ And if she tell me, child, it were for harlotry, may God spread His mercy on you!” –Pg. 1310
  21. ignorance- “ For them that quail to bring men out of ignorance, as I have quailed…” – Pg. 1315
  22. illusion- “ Is it possible that spirits you have seen are illusion only, …” – Pg. 1307
  23. informant- “ Old man, if your informant tells the truth, let him come here openly like a decent man.” – Pg.1299
  24. ipso facto- “ But witchcraft is ipso facto, on its face and by its nature,” –Pg. 1301
  25. manifest- “, Mary, were never threatened or afflicted by any Manifest of the Devil of the Devil’s agents.” – Pg. 1305
  26. perjury- “ you are either lying now, or you were lying in the court, and in either case you have committed perjury and will go to jail for it.” –Pg. 1303
  27. plaintiff- “ And always plaintiff, too.” - Pg. 1298
  28. probity- “ unless you doubt my probity?” – Pg. 1301
  29. remorseless- He is in his sixties , bitter, remorseless Salem judge. – Pg. 1292
  30. reputation- “ Excellency, does it not strike upon you that so many of these women have lived so long with such upright reputation and-“ – Pg. 1297
  31. solemn- “ Excellency, she were under Tituba’s power at that time, but she is solemn now!” – Pg.1304
  32. sophistication- DANFORTH is a grave man in his sixties, of some humor and sophistication that does not interfere with an exact loyalty to his position and his cause. – Pg. 1292
  33. sublime- CHEEVER waits placidly, the sublime official, … - Pg. 1301
  34. testimony- “ I may shut my conscience to it no more- private vengeance is working through this testimony!”- Pg. 1311
  35. transfixed- She is transfixed- with all the girls, … - Pg. 1311
  36. turnabout- “ Mary Warren, how come you to this turnabout?” – Pg. 1302
  37. vengeance- “… to God every soul is precious and His vengeance is terrible on them that take life without cause.” – Pg. 1307 Vocab Definitions
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