Vocabulary

• in court: Present or being discussed during a legal trial or hearing.
• rather than: More exactly; more correctly
• slip by: To pass or elapse unnoticed or without being acted upon.
• based on: To use something as the foundation or starting point for something else.
• for example: As an illustration or instance.
• in order to: For the purpose of; with the aim of.
• the following: Next in order or sequence.
• six times: Multiplied by six; a factor of six.
• used to: Did regularly before, but don't do now
• look at: To use your eyes to focus on something
• of any kind: Of any type or variety whatsoever.
• on a daily basis: Happening every day.
• cognitive: The process of knowing and remembering
• situation: Place, position or area that something is in
• deserve: To be worthy of, e.g. getting praise or attention
• negative: The opposite to a positive electrical charge
• tend: To move or act in a certain manner
• aware: Knowing or feeling that something exists
• encounter: To come up against a problem or trouble; meet
• bizarre: Odd or strange
• spot: A certain place or area
• hypothetical: Thought up, as an example; not being a real case
• complex: Group of buildings all used for the same purpose
• admit: To acknowledge that something is true or right
• slip: Act of beginning to fall from losing balance
• assumption: Something you believe to be so, but aren't sure of
• brain: To strike someone forcefully on the head
• confront: To make someone, e.g. who has lied, face the truth
• direct: To tell someone in a very clear way to do something
• irrelevant: Not important; not related to the topic
• address: Exact street location of a place
• candidate: Politician who is running for public office
• apply: To spread a substance or liquid over a surface
• compare: To consider how similar and different things are
• medieval: Old or out of date and not of much use
• administration: Act of giving e.g. medicine to a patient
• subconscious: Occurring in the mind without direct thinking
• outcome: Something that happens as a result, consequence
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• admission: Act of allowing someone to enter
• incident: Event, usually unusual or important; accident
• torture: Hurting someone to force them to give information
• deception: Use of trickery to make someone believe an untruth
• worthwhile: Worth the money, time or effort of doing something
• enhance: To improve; make bigger or better
• analyze: To study carefully to find out the meaning of
• apparent: Easy to see or clearly understand
• request: To ask for, usually politely and formally
• linguistic: Of or relating to language
• analysis: Careful study to better understand something
• investigation: Search for information about something
• sound: Sensible, dependable and reliable
• control: A device designed to operate a machine
• simple: Not hard to understand or do; not complex
• language: Words or signs used to communicate messages
• proclaim: To indicate or show something clearly
• own: To have something as your property
• pound: The # key on a keyboard
• person: Man, woman or child
• deceptive: Causing someone to believe what is not true
• wind: A current of air moving approximately horizontally, especially one strong enough to be felt
• remove: To get rid of something completely
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• senator: An elected politician belonging to the senate
• lance: Weapon like a spear carried by knights in jousts