"As the curtain rises, Reverend Parris is discovered kneeling beside the bed, evidently in prayer. His daughter, Betty Parris, aged ten, is lying on the bed, inert". pg.3
Inert: no power of action, motion, or resistance
"Which is not to say that nothing broke into this strict and somber way of life". pg.4
Somber: dismal; melancholy
"Mrs. Putman: She ails as she must- she never waked this morning, but her eyes open and she walks, and hears naught, sees naught, and cannot eat. Her soul is taken, surely". pg.13
Naught: lost; ruined; nothing
"Rebecca: ...and I have seen them all through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief". pg.27
Bowlegged: outward curvation of the legged causing a separation of the knees when the ankles are close or in contact
Inert: no power of action, motion, or resistance
"Which is not to say that nothing broke into this strict and somber way of life". pg.4
Somber: dismal; melancholy
"Mrs. Putman: She ails as she must- she never waked this morning, but her eyes open and she walks, and hears naught, sees naught, and cannot eat. Her soul is taken, surely". pg.13
Naught: lost; ruined; nothing
"Rebecca: ...and I have seen them all through their silly seasons, and when it come on them they will run the Devil bowlegged keeping up with their mischief". pg.27
Bowlegged: outward curvation of the legged causing a separation of the knees when the ankles are close or in contact
