Vocabulary

• essentially: Basically; (said when stating the basic facts)
• incredibly: To a great degree; very; amazingly
• flip: To turn your body in the air, as in gymnastics
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• develop: To explain something in steps and in detail
• emotional: Causing, feeling, or appealing to the emotions
• sentence: (Of a judge) to decide the punishment of
• imagine: To think creatively about; form mental picture of
• trial: Hearing and judgment of a case in court
• separate: Being different from or unrelated to another
• decade: Period of 10 years
• guilty: Responsible for doing something wrong
• statement: Record of activity in a bank account over time
• toll: Sound that a big bell makes, when it is rung
• court: To act in a way to shows you wish to marry someone
• appeal: Ability to attract interest, attention, or desire
• judge: Person who decides on the results of a contest
• charge: To run quickly toward someone to attack them
• release: To free someone from a responsibility or burden
• involve: To have or be included as a part of something
• drop: Distance between a higher and a lower level
• deny: To refuse to allow or accept something
• break: To create a new record e.g. running the 100m dash
• conviction: Act of finding someone guilty of a crime
• serve: To act in a particular position or office
• correspondent: Journalist, as one reporting from other countries
• previously: At an earlier time
• complicate: To make more difficult to do, understand or use
• lot: What happens to a person in life from chance; fate
• channel: Long hole dug in the ground, e.g. to move water
• opt: To choose one thing rather than other choices
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• stand: To be a candidate in an election
• bring: To take or go with someone to a place
• point: An item to be discussed
• find: To become aware of something that is happening
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• convict: Person in prison
• rape: To force someone to have sex against their will
• innocence: Lack of guilt or responsibility for a crime
• continuously: Without stops, breaks, or an end
• repeatedly: (Said, done) many times; over and over
• disgrace: Shame or dishonor
• case: Container used to carry things, e.g. clothes
• life: All the living things e.g. animals, plants, humans
• felony: A serious crime, such as murder
• testify: To tell what you know (in court)
• update: Addition of a current version of something
• await: To keep ready for future needs
• overturn: Improbable and unexpected victory