Twelve Angry Men Vocab
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mrsdkim on September 24, 2009
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english 10, plays, english vocab
Classes:
TAdamczyk 5th period, Adamczyk's 10th Grade Literature, LHS Burgess 10th Lit, Speech-Language Therapy, Rozeboom Drama Class, English 12, OHS (see more)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 premeditate | consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand |
| conceivable | able to be pictured mentally and believed |
| defendant | a person or institution against whom an action is brought in a court of law |
| prosecution | The side in a court case that pursues formal charges against a criminal to final judgment. |
| blunder | a serious mistake |
| coroner | a public official who investigates by inquest any death not due to natural causes |
| bickering | arguing |
| unanimous | being in complete agreement |
| hung jury | a jury that cannot reach a verdict |
| verdict | the decision a jury makes in a trial; the decision said by the jury |
| foreman | the man who heads and speaks for the jury |
| sadist | someone who obtains pleasure from inflicting pain on others |
| acquit | to find the defendent innocent ("not guilty") |
| antagonize | to make someone to become hostile or unfriendly |
| abstain | To choose not to do something |
| belligerently | in a hostile or angry manner |
| discrepancy | a fault or error noted between conflicting facts or claims |
| el | a subway train that runs on tracks elevated a few stories above street level |
| bigot | a person who is completely intolerant of any different group, race, religion, belief or opinion |
| ensuing | following; coming afterward |
| flimsy | weak and thin |
| insignificant | a very small detail that has little or no importance |
| intimidate | threaten, frighten into submission |
| meek | quiet, submissive, gentle |
| monopoly | the exclusive control or possession of (a business) |
| mugging | a physical attack to take money or goods from someone |
| naive | having or showing a lack of experience or judgment; credulous (gullible) |
| pantomime | acting without words |
| preliminary | preceding before the main part; introductory or initial |
| proposition | a deal; bargain |
| rapport | relationship, especially one of mutual trust or emotional liking |
| reflectively | with insight and deep thought |
| refugee | a person who flees one country and seeks safety somewhere else |
| stereotyping | putting people into groups and making assumptions based on race, religion, nationality, physical appearance, social class or some other easily identifiable characteristic |
| sheepishly | with embarrassment |
| tenement | a large apartment building offering only the basics, usually located in an urban setting |
| writhing | squirming, moving in twisting movements |
| convict | to find the defendant guilty of a crime |
| alibi | an excuse used by the defendant to prove he/she was elsewhere when the crime was committed |
| homicide | the killing of one person by another |
| deliberate | to consider and discuss carefully |
| perjury | the act of lying under oath in court |
| cross-examine | to question a witness who has already testified for the opposite side |
| plead the Fifth | to refuse to testify when doing so might incriminate oneself (witness) in a crime |
| double jeopardy | rule that a person cannot be tried twice for the same crime |
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