Quizlet TOEFL Vocabulary: Media Chapter One

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  1. arrest: the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal)
  2. besieged: surrounded
  3. centennial: the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)
  4. charged: file a formal charge against
  5. clear someone's name: to officially declare the innocence of a suspect
  6. convicted: find or declare guilty
  7. debate: a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal
  8. deputy: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent
  9. despise: look down on with disdain
  10. file a lawsuit: officially make a complaint in a court of law
  11. hail: praise vociferously
  12. in tears: crying
  13. murderer: a criminal who commits homicide (who performs the unlawful premeditated killing of another human being)
  14. nightmare: a situation resembling a terrifying dream
  15. ordeal: a severe or trying experience
  16. plea: a humble request for help from someone in authority
  17. privacy: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others
  18. sheriff: the principal law-enforcement officer in a county
  19. spread the word: tell many people about some news
  20. stare: look at with fixed eyes
  21. suppress: control and refrain from showing
  22. suspect: someone who is under suspicion
  23. tearful: showing sorrow
  24. trained on: aimed or directed at
  25. wrong-doing: activity that transgresses moral or civil law