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Read the text below and complete the gaps with the correct form of the word, transforming the (verbs) in to nouns. For example, "appoint,", "assign," and "enjoy" can become "appointment," "assignment", and "enjoyment."
There
is
no
conclusive
(
define
)
for
superstitions
,
but
in
general
,
it
can
be
said
that
superstitions
are
a
set
of
(
believe
)
,
shared
by
members
of
a
given
culture
,
in
supernatural
forces
.
Whether
their
outcomes
are
positive
or
negative
,
it
is
widely
accepted
today
that
superstitions
defy
scientific
(
know
)
,
because
they
tend
to
link
completely
unrelated
practices
,
objects
and
events
.
Research
shows
that
a
considerably
substantial
number
of
people
see
themselves
as
somewhat
superstitious
,
and
that
these
convictions
tend
to
gain
relevance
and
(
strong
)
whenever
a
community
faces
times
of
change
,
crisis
,
and
social
uncertainties
.
Take
,
for
instance
,
what
happened
in
the
late
17th
century
in
North
America
.
The
North
American
(
extend
)
of
the
Nine
Year
War
,
also
known
to
colonists
as
King
William
?
s
war
,
had
an
overwhelming
impact
on
the
regions
of
Upstate
New
York
,
Nova
Scotia
and
Quebec
.
At
the
time
,
a
number
of
war
refugees
fled
to
the
county
of
Essex
,
adding
a
strain
on
the
pre
-
existing
battles
for
money
and
wealth
between
the
local
elites
of
Salem
Village
(
present
-
day
Danvers
,
Massachusetts
)
.
According
to
many
historians
,
the
tensions
and
stress
of
the
conflict
fueled
the
famous
witch
trials
that
started
in
1692
in
Salem
,
Massachusetts
.
When
the
village
?
s
Reverend
Samuel
Parris
?
daughter
Elizabeth
,
and
his
niece
Abigail
started
to
act
out
,
screaming
at
each
other
and
making
unfamiliar
sounds
,
it
was
a
matter
of
time
before
the
gullible
,
uneducated
,
citizens
of
Salem
saw
the
events
as
the
(
work
)
of
the
devil
.
Under
pressure
from
local
authorities
,
the
girls
blamed
three
other
women
,
a
Caribbean
slave
named
Tituba
,
a
local
homeless
beggar
named
Sarah
Good
,
and
an
impoverished
elderly
woman
named
Sarah
Osborne
.
Soon
after
Tituba
?
s
(
confess
)
,
a
wave
of
hysteria
and
paranoia
,
reinforced
by
the
religious
extremism
of
Puritan
values
,
led
to
the
(
incarcerate
)
of
hundreds
of
women
,
out
of
which
19
were
hanged
.
Due
to
the
devastating
effects
of
the
trials
and
(
convict
)
,
the
governor
of
Massachusetts
ended
up
dissolving
the
court
and
pardoning
everybody
who
had
been
charged
with
witchcraft
in
1693
.
Even
though
the
trials
were
considered
unlawful
in
1702
,
and
families
had
their
good
names
restored
alongside
a
financial
(
restitute
)
of
£600
,
it
was
only
in
the
mid
-
twentieth
century
that
the
state
of
Massachusetts
officially
recognized
its
errors
and
apologized
in
1957
,
250
years
later
.
These
events
have
played
a
considerable
role
in
American
pop
culture
and
the
name
Salem
is
still
widely
linked
to
tales
of
witches
,
supernatural
forces
,
and
superstitions
.
Based
on
these
historical
accounts
,
famous
American
playwright
Arthur
Miller
wrote
The
Crucible
in
1953
.
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