Vocabulary

• for good measure: As an extra amount; in addition to what is strictly necessary.
• on record: Formally and publicly stated
• in the world: Used to emphasize a question expressing surprise, confusion, disbelief
• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• in prison: Confined in a prison; incarcerated.
• in jail: Imprisoned; confined in a jail or prison.
• in keeping with: In agreement with; consistent with.
• engage in: To participate or become involved in something.
• speak out: To express your opinion frankly and publicly, especially about something that you disagree with.
• such as: For example; like
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• engage: To start to fight with an enemy
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• native: Someone from or born in a specific country
• manipulate: To try to control others to gain an advantage
• strain: To remove the water from (food) using a colander
• fear: Unpleasant feeling caused by being aware of danger
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• spread: A big meal, often laid out as a buffet
• measure: Plan to achieve a desired result
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• strict: Tending to enforce rules; severe
• condition: To improve something to make it better
• maintain: To keep saying something a certain way
• suffer: To experience pain, illness, or injury
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• innocent: Free from guilt or responsibility for a crime
• pregnant: Carrying your unborn baby inside you
• settle: To make (a child, etc.) feel calm/ready for sleep
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• cause: Belief, goal or organization that people support
• confession: Admission you have done something wrong
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• havoc: Situation with destruction, damage and confusion
• value: Importance you attach to something
• religious: Following the rules and beliefs of a faith
• accept: To agree to receive or take something offered
• invisible: Being unable to be seen
• rave: A dance party with loud music
• appear: To be seen, become visible; come into sight
• swell: To feel overcome due to a strong emotion
• speculate: To take risks that might lead to big profits
• diagnose: To determine the cause of an illness or problem
• colony: Group (bees, etc.) that live in the same place
• arrest: To attract someone's attention and hold interest
• promise: To say you will certainly do something
• fungus: Plant, e.g. mushroom/mold, growing in damp places
• prefer: To like something better than something else
• multiply: To increase in number by reproducing/having babies
• custody: Legal right to be responsible and care for a child
• suspicion: Feeling that something or something is doubtful
• execute: To kill someone, usually as an official punishment
• confess: To admit that you did something wrong
• paranoia: Disorder in which you fear people want to harm you
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• physician: A medical doctor
• suspend: To hang something or someone from something
• isolate: To identify, consider, or deal with separately
• torment: Great mental or physical pain
• convict: Person in prison
• innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
• commonplace: Being average or ordinary
• spring: Coil of metal that lessens impact, e.g. on cars
• human: A person; a man, woman or child
• sue: Person's name
• complain: To say something is wrong and should be changed
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• touch: To affect feelings, especially by causing sympathy
• give: Degree of flexibility in something, a material
• governor: Person who leads a state or province
• good: Proper, appropriate or right
• witch: Woman believed to have magical powers
• die: Cube with dots numbering 1-6 on it used in games
• supernatural: Being unable to be explained by natural causes
• witchcraft: Performing magic using spells, often to harm
• enslave: To make someone live like a slave