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mystery vocabulary
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- 1crimeact committed in violation of a law punished upon conviction
- 2mysterysomething not fully understood that eludes understanding
- 3A conundruma question or problem having only a conjectural answer.
- 4a hoaxan attempt to trick someone into believing as genuine something false
- 5a riddleapuzzling question posed as a problem to be solved with a surprising answer
- 6To be gullibleinnocent, and trusting
- 7to be skepticalto doubt everything
- 8Debatablesomething not easy to prove
- 9porvableable to be demonstrated, verificable
- 10probablesomething possible, likely, credible
- 11questionablesomething openedto discussion, doubtful, uncertain
- 12to have an alibito be able to explain one's whereabouts at the scene of a crime
- 13to have a clueto know a fact that can help solve a mystery
- 14to have a huncha feeling not based on known facts of what might have caused something
- 15the plotthe arrangement of incidents in a story
- 16a red herringsomething used to divert attention from basic issue
- 17to take a wild guessto deduct something off the top of one's head
- 18to take a stab (at something)to try to do something you haven't done before
- 19seeing is believingthe need to see something with one's own eyes to believe it is true
- 20beats mei don't know
- 21docka deepened part of a harbour/harbor etc where ships go for loading, unloading, repair etc
muelle
The ship was in dock for three weeks. - 22towards(moving, facing etc) in the direction of
hacia
He walked toward the door
She turned towards him.
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- ENGLISH SUPERIOR Flashcards on mystery vocabulary, created by Emperador Tourist on 06/05/2015.
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