Chapter 1 - Not Guilty - Words and definitions

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• rumour a piece of information, or a story, that people talk about, but that may not be true
• claim state or assert that something is the case, typically without providing evidence or proof.
• deserted empty of people
• impatient easily annoyed by someone's mistakes or because you have to wait
• insist to demand
• immediately right away
• confiscate to seize by authority; to take and keep
• confess to say or admit that one has done something wrong
• deny to say that something is not true
• response an answer
• disgust strong feelings of dislike
• shiver to shake because of cold or fear
• principal the head of a school
• faint to pass out, weak
• notepad a pad of paper with blank pages for notes
• present who is here, right now
• accuse to claim someone has committed a crime or done something bad.
• recall to remember
• semester half of a school year
• stunned shocked, surprised
• exaggerated made to seem greater than it was
• praise to say someone has done well
• relieved To feel free from pain or anxiety.
• witty clever or amusing
• threaten to say something bad will happen if someone doesn't do what you want

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