| A | B |
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| abomination | something that causes extreme disgust or hatred |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent, especially in maintaining a position or opinion; unyielding |
| befuddled | to confuse muddle, or perplex |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| clamored | to utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; to become loudly insistent |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| Communism | a way of organizing a society in which the government owns the things that are used to make and transport products (such as land, oil, factories, ships, etc.) and there is no privately owned property |
| conjure | to summon a devil or spirit by invocation or incantation; to practice magical arts |
| contention | something (such as a belief, opinion, or idea) that is argued or stated in a debate; a position of competition |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument; exhibiting a tendency to quarrels and disputes |
| crucible1 | a container used for melting metals at extremely high heat |
| crucible2 | a severe test of belief |
| dramatic irony | occurs when the reader or audience knows more about the circumstances or future events in a story than the characters within it |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking |
| foil | a character whose actions or thoughts are juxtaposed against those of a major character in order to highlight key attributes of the major character |
| hysteria | behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess |
| juxtaposition | the arrangement of two or more things for the purpose of comparison |
| lechery | immoderate indulgence in sexual activity; lewd or lustful behavior |
| magistrate | a local official entrusted with the administration of laws |
| McCarthyism | mid-1900Õs political attitude characterized by the practice of publicizing accusations of political disloyalty or subversion with insufficient regard to evidence. |
| monologue | a dramatic speech delivered by a single character in a play |
| naught | nothing; old fashioned way to say ÒnothingÓ |
| pretense | a claim made or implied, especially a claim not supported by fact |
| prodigious | strange, unusual and sometimes portentous; extraordinary in bulk, quantity or degree |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service; a preaching profession |
| Red Scare | refers to the fear of communism in the USA during the 1920Õs |
| scaffold | a platform at a height above ground or floor level; a platform used for beheading or hanging |
| situational irony | occurs when an event contradicts the expectations of the characters or the reader |
| tantalized | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| unperturbed | calm and serene; unruffled or unstirred |
| vengeance | with great force or vehemence; punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense |
| verbal irony | occurs when a speaker or narrator says one thing while meaning the opposite |
