Arthur Miller’s The Crucible Vocabulary Words

aback

abide by

abomination

above

absorbing

accuse

accused

accuser

acreage

adultery

affidavit

afflict

afflicted

afloat

afoot

agape

agree

ail

alarm

alarmed

all

alone

always

amaze

amazed

and so

angel

anger

angered

anonymity

another

answer

any

anymore

apparition

apprehensively

arm

arms

arrest

arrive

Arthur Miller

astonish

astonished

at stake

attack

attacking

audible

auger

authority

aware

away

baby

back

back away

backing

baffle

baptize

baptized

Barbados

barring

be sick

bear

beast

bed

bedded

before

befoul

befouled

befuddle

befuddled

beg

beguile

belie

believe

bellows

belly

bench

beware

bewilder

bewildered

bewitch

Bible

bid

bind

bird

bitch

bitterly

black

black art

black book

blacken

blackening

blame

bleed

bless

blind

blink

blood

bloody

blush

book

Boston

bound

bowlegged

brainless

break

break into

break off

break with

breakable

breathe

brew

Bridget

bring

broken

budge

burn

burning

but

but then

call

call off

calling

callously

calm

can

cast away

cause

ceiling

chained

chant

charge

charged

charity

Cheever

chicken

child

childbirth

childishly

chin

chin up

choke

choke up

choked

Christian

church

cider

claim

clamp

clap

clasp

claw

clear

closer

cold

coldly

coldness

collapse

come

come down

come in

come into

come to

come with

commandment

compact

concealing

concealment

condemn

condemning

confess

confession

congratulations

congregation

conjure

conjure up

conjuring

conspiracy

contempt

contemptuous

contention

contentious

continue

controlling

converge

converging

corruption

counsel

courage

court

court of law

cousin

coward

credited

crone

cross

crosse

crossing

crucible

cry

cry for

cry out

cue

curse

curtain

daft

dagger

damages

damn

damnation

dance

dancing

dare

daughter

Day

day

dead

deadly sin

deaf

dealings

decayed

deceive

decide

declare

defamation

defensively

deference

defiantly

delicately

demonic

denounce

deny

deposition

deputy

desperation

Devil

devil

devise

die

directly

discover

discovered

dish

dismiss

dismissed

dispatch

dispatch case

disputation

disrespect

disruption

dissatisfied

dissatisfy

dissolve

ditch

do it

Doctor

doll

done

door

doorway

dote

doubt

down

drag

dragging

draw

drink

drum

drum roll

drunkenly

dumbly

dungeon

ecstatic

effrontery

Eight

either

emphatically

empower

empowered

enough

enter

entirely

entrance

entranced

evade

evasively

ever

every

every night

evidence

exactness

examine

Excellency

except

excommunication

exit

eye

eyes

face

faction

factually

faint

faintly

fall

falls

false

false witness

falter

faltering

familiar

familiar spirit

farmer

faulty

fear

fearsome

feed on

fervently

fetch

filthy

find

fist

flies

flounder

fly

followers

forbid

forest

forevermore

forgive

forked

fortress

forty-five

four

fourteen

frantically

fraud

free

freeze

frighten

frog

from time to time

gaunt

gibberish

gibbet

girl

give

give out

given

gladden

gladdened

glance

glasses

glee

go down

go into

go out

go to

go to bed

God

godly

gone

good

good and

good example

good for you

good health

good morning

good night

good will

goodly

goodness

goody

Gospel

governor

grab

grandma

graven

graven image

greatcoat

guile

gull

gut

guts

hale

half-witted

hand

hands

hang

hard

harlot

harm

have the best

headboard

hear

heard

hearing

hearty

Heaven

Hell

hell

hellfire

help

helper

here

hesitantly

hide

high court

highroad

hold

hold back

holy

home

honest

honest woman

honesty

honor

hoofed

hope

horrified

horrify

house

howl

hug

hurt

hurtful

hurting

husband

hypnotize

hypnotized

hysterical

hysterically

impatient

improve

in agreement

in all

in that

in the flesh

in the public eye

in this

inaudibly

incredulously

indecision

indeed

inferno

informant

innocence

innocent

innocently

instruct

irons

irritate

irritated

jabberer

jail

jangle

jangling

Jehovah

Jesus

Joshua

judge

jug

keep

keep in

kept

kettle

kill

kindly

know

knowledge

landholding

landowner

last

last name

laugh at

law

lawyer

lay eyes on

leafing

leap

leap out

least of all

leave

lecher

lechery

liar

lie

lie about

lied

life

light

lightly

like

like hell

lintel

list

little

little girl

live

living thing

loathing

loftily

look

look at

look for

look to

look up

look up to

looking

looking at

loose

Lord

love

Lucifer

lumber

lying

mad

magistrate

make

man

many

mark

marshal

marvel

marvelous

may

mean

meeting house

melt down

mention

mercy

midwife

mimic

minister

ministry

mischief

mistake

mistaken

Mister

mistrust

misty

momentarily

mongrel

monstrous

month

more

morning

mouth

mug

multiplied

mum

mumble

mumbling

murder

murdered

murderer

must

mute

nail

naive

naked

name

names

naught

nay

near

need

needle

never

niece

night

ninety-one

no more

nod

nodding

none

nonsense

noose

not

nothing

now

nurse

obscene

obstruct

off

offstage

old age

old boy

old man

on it

on that

one

only

open

opinion

ordain

ordained

other

out

out of

overgrow

overgrown

overthrow

pained

paper

pardon

parish

pause

peeve

peeved

penitence

penniless

people

peopled

perhaps

perjury

permit

perplex

perplexed

pewter

pig

plaintiff

plea

plead

pleading

please

point

pointing out

politely

poppet

posh

postpone

postponement

praise

pray

prayer

pregnant

prepare

pretend

pretending

pretense

primly

proceeding

proceedings

prod

prodding

prodigious

profit

promise

proof

proper

prove

providence

province

psalm

public eye

put

put out

put-upon

quail

quaker

Quakers

quaver

quavering

question

questioning

quiet

quietly

rafter

rag doll

raise

raise up

raising

reach out

read

reading

rebellion

recite

reckon

regretfully

remember

remorselessly

remove

reprieve

restrain

Reverend

righteous

riot

rip

rip out

rise

rising

roll off

rotting

rumor

run off

rush

rush out

Ruth

Sabaoth

Sabbath

saint

saintliness

Salem

Sarah

Satan

save

saw

say

scaffold

scene

scream

screaming

screech

screeching

search

secretly

see

seeded

send

send for

sensing

sent

set aside

seven

seventeen

seventy

seventy-two

shiver

shock

shocked

shouting

shovelboard

shrivel

shriveled

shuddery

sick

sick of

sickly

sickness

sidle

sign

signature

signify

signing

silence

silent

silly

silly season

sin

sing

sir

sit

sit in

sit up

six times

slashed

sleep

sleep in

slight

slovenly

slowly

smile

smiling

sneeze

snivel

sniveling

sob

sobbing

soften

softly

softness

sold

solemn

some

someone

somewhat

soon

soul

soup

speak

speaking

spirit

spirits

spoke

spoken

sport

sporting

sprit

stab

stallion

stamp

stand

stare

stare down

staring

start

startle

stay away

step

stew

stick

stick by

stink

stomach

stone

stool

stop

stoppage

stops

strange

strangeness

straw

strike

strike hard

strike out

strive

striving

strongbox

struck

stuck

stupidity

subservient

subside

such

suck

sucking

suddenly

sue

summon

sun

sure

surely

Susanna

suspicion

suspiciously

swear

sweat

sweating

swoop

table

taint

tainted

take

take aback

taken

taken with

takin

taking

talks

tantalize

tear

Tell

tell

tempting

testament

testify

thank

thank you

the boot

the devil

then

there

think

thirty

thirty-nine

thirty-one

thirty-three

Thomas

thou

though

thought

threat

threatened

three

till

time

times

timidly

titillate

titillated

to that

to-do

today

tomorrow

tongs

tonight

topple

touch

towel

track down

tracking

transfix

transfixed

tremble

tried

triumphantly

trouble

true

truth

try

trying

turn

turn around

turn on

turn to

turnabout

turning

twenty-six

unafraid

unaware

unbaptized

unbelief

uncle

unconfessed

uncorrupted

undermine

undershirt

understand

undertone

undo

undone

unintelligible

unintelligibly

unnatural

unperturbed

untrue

unwillingly

upright

urgency

vanished

vanity

vengeance

vengeful

very

vestry

village

visibly

voice

wake

wake up

walk

walk away

walk out of

walking

want

warden

warrant

Warren

wash

waving

weaken

weakening

weakly

week

weep

weeping

weighted

weighty

well

well-to-do

whim

whimper

whine

whip

whipping

whore

why

wide-eyed

widen

wife

wifely

will

Willard

Williams

wily

wings

wipe

wise to

wish

wit

witch

witchcraft

witchery

with child

witness

wits

woman

wonder

wood

woods

word

work

world

wrist

year

yet