TOEFL Vocabulary: Media Chapter One

Set: TOEFL Vocabulary: Media Chapter One

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

Chapter one vocabulary from the textbook about the media

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