| A | B |
|---|
| crucible | vessel that withstands high heat, severe test, etc. |
| Joseph McCarthy | senator who led Communist "witch hunt" |
| Ruth | means "mercy" |
| Proctor | supervises a test |
| Abigail | slang for "maidservant" |
| original sin | "In Adam's fall, we sinned all." |
| theocracy | government run acc. to a religion |
| protagonist | character whom we root for |
| antagonist | villain |
| poppet | doll (cognate of "puppet") |
| misogyny | hatred of women |
| spectral evidence | allowed people to say others' spirits attacked them |
| Predestination | belief that one was born saved or damned |
| lechery | perversion |
| pressing | death by crushing under lg. stones |
| Tituba | West Indian maid |
| "pleading her belly" | claiming pregnancy to postpone execution |
| ergotism | disease caused by bacteria in flour |
| Goody | short for "Goodwife" |
| Reverend Hale | truly believed in witches |
