The Crucible: Vocabulary Act IV

Word Passage Definition Sentence Picture

providence (n): the foreseeing
care and guidance of
God over the
creatures of the
Earth

faction (n): a group or clique

within a larger group
or society or
government

excommunication (n): being cut off

from communion or
exclude from the
sacraments of a
church by
ecclesiastical
sentence
conciliatory (adj): overcoming
the distress or
hostility of; being
agreeable

beguile (v): to influence by

trickery or flattery;
to mislead
 Word Passage Definition Sentence Picture
floundering (v): to struggle
clumsily or helplessly

cleave (v): to adhere

closely, stick to, cling
to; to remain faithful

embodiment (n): to give a

concrete form to; to
provide with a body

indictment (n): a formal

accusation or
charge; a means to
bring to trial

lechery (n): unrestrained or Obviously, NO Picture!

excessive indulgence
of sexual desire