The Crucible

1. officers appointed to keep order
6. a radical English religious sect- much hated by the Puritans-who often "spoke their heart"during their religious meetings
9. nagging suspicions
10. short for Goodwife, the Puritan equivalence of Mrs.
11. wickedness
12. the German theologian who led the Protestant Reformation
13. in Christianity, a heavenly city and the last resting place of the souls saved by Jesus. It was considered the ideal city, and the Puritans modeled their communities after it.
16. In Puritan religious practice, the men of a congregation would make an agreement to govern the community and abide by its beliefs and practices
18. a generic reference to Russians and other Slavic speaking peoples of Eastern Europe who were under the control of the Soviet Union
19. immovable, especially in opposing something

2. acting like a servantg
3. forces associated with Dionysus, the Greek god of wine and ecstasy
4. a formal tribunal in the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to the discovery and punishment of heresy
5. the most important building in the Puritan community used both for worship and for meetings
7. break off; end the relationship
8. demons that assume female form.
14. a Dutch scholar who sought to restore Christian faith by a study of the Scriptures and classical texts
15. a game in which a coin or disc is shoved across a board by hand
16. a branch of philosophy dealing with the structure of the universe
17. condition of lawlessness and disorder, often due to lack of governmental authority