Vocabulary

• back up: To save a copy of your computer data
• evidence of: Facts, objects, or signs that make you believe that something is true.
• on to: Toward something; forward
• move on: To decide to change or go to a different place
• under oath: Having promised legally to tell the truth in court.
• shut down: To close an operating system, e.g. on a computer
• in charge: To be responsible for
• in hell: In a very bad or unpleasant situation
• ridiculous: Funny or foolish; deserving to be laughed at
• evidence: Factual proof that helps to establish the truth
• general: Widespread, normal or usual
• scene: Incident where someone behaves angrily, badly
• claim: To say that something is true, often without proof.
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• stare: To look at someone or something for a long time
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• victim: Person/thing affected by an unpleasant event
• establish: To set or create something to last for a long time
• accountable: Be responsible to someone or for some activity
• state: Region within a country, with its own government
• transparent: Being open to see and to public criticism
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• congress: Meeting of elected or appointed representatives
• witness: To see the signing of an official document
• threat: Warning of probable trouble
• seek: To ask someone for help
• blow: To move something using air
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• string: To tie or connect things together with a thread
• shame: Feeling of guilt because you did something wrong
• correct: Being suitable and appropriate for an occasion
• attorney: Person giving legal advice; a lawyer
• suicide: Act of purposely killing yourself
• investigation: Search for information about something
• allow: To admit the validity or truth of something
• rot: To break down into pieces through dying; decay
• resign: To leave a job because you want to
• protect: To defend someone or something from harm or danger
• ample: (Of quantity, amount) more than enough
• drive: A person's ambition and motivation to do something
• question: To ask for or try to get information
• despicable: Deserving contempt; causing strong disapproval
• attend: To take care of someone in need
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• hold: To agree to keep something for someone
• prosecute: To try to prove someone legally guilty of a crime
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• presidency: Fact or period of time of being a president
• hurt: To cause pain, damage or injury
• hear: To be aware of sound; to perceive with the ear
• belong: To be a welcomed as a new member of a group
• answer: To reply to a question someone asks
• decency: Behavior that is good, moral and acceptable
• center: Community place people go health or social reasons
• oath: Promise to do something
• congressional: Concerning the US congress
• uncover: To remove what is on top to show something
• deflect: To cause to turn in a different direction
• predicate: To base something on a previous situation
• underage: Too young to legally do something
• overheard: To happen to hear something not meant for you
• memo: Brief note or message left for another person
• garland: Crown made from flowers and leaves worn on head
• videotape: Magnetic tape for recording live images and sound