Week 9
One who receives; able or willing to receive
What is a recipient?
Unpleasantly childish.
What is juvenile?
The act of secretly planning to do something that is harmful or illegal.
What is a conspiracy?
The act of lying under oath.
What is perjury?
The author's attitude towards the subject or audience conveyed through word choice and style.
What is tone?
What is a fallacy?
To kill illegally as a punishment for a crime.
A feeling or belief that bad things will happen in the future.
What is a pessimist?
The conversation between two or more characters in a text, used to reveal their thoughts, feelings, or motivations.
What is dialogue?
The process by which an author reveals the personality, traits, and qualities of a character in a story.
What is characterization?
To injure or destroy the surface or appearance of.
What is to deface?
Comically or repulsively ugly or distorted.
What is grotesque?
Something that is presented to a person or group of people to consider.
What is a proposition?
Evidence that is allowed to be presented in court.
What is admissible?
A person who helps another commit a crime.
What is an accomplice?
A strong movement to advance a cause or idea.
What is a crusade?
Law; a written report that is signed by a person who promises that the information is true
What is an affidavit?
Seeming to be impressive or intended to be impressive.
What is grandiose?
Making someone appear guilty of wrongdoing.
What is incriminating?
A claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when a crime was committed.
What is an alibi?
Clumsy; awkward; unwieldy.
What is ungainly?
The detective uncovered a complex _____ involving multiple suspects in the robbery case.
A) conspiracy B) affidavit C) proposition
What is A) conspiracy?
The defense lawyer submitted a/an _____ to the court, detailing the events of that night.
A) proposition B) affidavit C) grandiose
What is B) affidavit?
To question a witness called by the other party in a court of law.
What is cross-examine?
The suggested or implied meaning of a word, beyond its literal definition, often carrying emotion or cultural associations.
What is connotation?