Dissemble

Putnam dissembled his plan to gain more land by making it seem as though he was searching
for witches

Abomination
Abigail’s false accusations of Rebecca Nurse being a witch was an abomination because
Rebecca Nurse was such a good person

Calumny
Francis Nurse declared his wife was been a victim of calumny when she was accused of being
a witch because she was actually a good person

Predilection
Proctor had a predilection for Abigail over his wife before Abigail caused his wife to be accused.

Faction
Parris was a very paranoid man because he was scared that a faction was trying to overthrow
his power

Quail
Mercy quailed at Proctor’s outburst because it was not his usual even keeled self

Prodigiuous
Proctor made a prodigiuous discovery when he found out that all the girls’ accusations were
false

Lechery
Proctor was no longer fearful of being accused of lechery for Abigail after his wife was accused
of witchcraft

Effrontery
Danforth was very sensitive to any act of effrontery in his court, and he would not tolerate any
disrespect

Base
The base accusations of Abigail led to the death of many innocent women

Cleave
Abigail cleaved to her story even after being blackmailed by Proctor that God was speaking
through her to purify Salem

Pious
It was a shock to everyone that Rebecca Nurse was accused because of how good of a person
she is

Beguile
In order to avoid getting in trouble, Abigail beguiled the entire town into thinking witches were
bewitching people

Apparition
Tituba attempted to raise the apparitions of Mrs. Putnam’s dead babies in the forest.

Adamant
Parris was very adamant in his assertion that witches were in Salem

Probity
Danforth did not like it when people accused him of not having probity because he was an
honest judge