Vocabulary

• perceive: To notice or become aware of something
• perception: Way in which one sees or understands something
• embrace: Act of holding someone closely
• determine: To control exactly how something will be or act
• potentially: That could happen or become reality
• presence: The same place or area that a person is
• track: To use marks to follow a wild animal
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• commit: To do something bad, usually a crime
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• capital: Writing the first letter of a word in big letters
• reach: To come to or arrive at a goal or destination
• crowd: To force too many things, people into
• comfort: To try to make distressed person feel better
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• require: To demand that someone does something
• raise: To increase a bet above another when playing cards
• reaction: Bodily response to a drug or something eaten
• burst: To move (arrive, exit, etc.) suddenly or hurriedly
• protest: To argue against something in a forceful way
• eligible: Being able to be chosen or selected; suitable
• risk: To do something potentially dangerous or foolish
• fair: Neither very good nor very bad; average
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• defense: Argument in support of something
• depend: Be controlled or determined by (someone/something)
• visceral: From deep within you; caused by strong instincts
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• determination: Will to achieve a goal despite difficulties
• verdict: Jury or judges finding or decision as to guilt
• kind: In a caring and helpful manner
• act: To behave in a certain way
• testimony: Public statement of personal religious experiences
• legal: Concerning the law; allowed by law
• turn: To become (a particular age)
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• quick: Using very little time; moving far in little time
• difficult: Hard; not easy; you need to work hard to do it
• jury: 12 citizens who decide if someone is guilty or not
• tremendously: Very well or very impressively
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• defendant: Person accused or sued in a legal case
• triple: Group or set of three
• courtroom: Room in which a law court sits
• manslaughter: Killing of a human being without intention