a short speech adressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
100
a defense by an accused person purporting to show that he or she could not have committed the crime in quedtion
alibi
200
the totality of the surrounding contitions
environment
200
plot
a small area of ground covred by a specific vegetation
200
the questioning of a person often conducted by journalists
interview
200
time
the continium of experience in which events pass from the past throuh the present to the future
200
deductive reasoning
reasoning from the general to the particular from cause to effect)
300
the history of a word
etymology
300
lore
knoweledge gained thruogh tradition or anecdote
300
your basis for belief or disbelief;knowledge on which to base belief
evidence
300
inductive reasoning
reasoning from detailed facts to general principals
300
the reasoninginvolved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgement on the basis of circomstancial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation
inference
400
a dried and smoked herring having a reddish color
smoked herring
400
investigator
somene who investigates
400
something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
mystery
400
slueth
a decective who follows a trail
400
suspect
regard as untrustworthy; regard with suspicion; have no faith or confidence in
500
an unfortuneate person who suffers from some adverse situation
victim
500
idiom
an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from th meanings of the words that make it up
500
go against
fly in the face of
500
witness
someone who sees an event and reports what happend