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Mystery Vocabulary

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    Vocabulary review for high school students
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  • It means became aware of. Example: He _________ the cats behaving suspiciously.
    Noticed
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  • To try to discover the facts about something, such as a crime or a mystery. Ex: The detective said that he would _______ the case.)
    Look into
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  • To make (previously unknown or secret information) known to others. Ex: Brenda was forced to ______ Robbie’s whereabouts.
    Reveal
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  • past tense. Make an effort to achieve or complete (something difficult). Ex: She_______ to enter the haunted house in 2001.
    Attempted
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  • To find out the true reason for or cause of (something). Ex: The police are working furiously to __________ of this recent string of crimes.
    Get to the bottom
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  • An incident or event. Synonymous with phenomenon Ex: Vandalism used to be a rare _________.
    Occurrence
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  • Suppose to be the case, without proof. take or begin to have (power or responsibility). Ex: Until we can prove Clare isn’t guilty, let’s ______ she is.
    Asuume
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  • (past tense) interrupt the sleep, relaxation, or privacy of. Make (someone) anxious, interfere with the normal arrangement or functioning of. Ex: I am ________ by the document that I just read.
    Disturbed.
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  • (past tense) Disappear suddenly and completely. Ex: Moira _____ without a trace.
    Vanished
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  • Desire to know something; feel curious. Feel doubt. Ex: How many times have I written that line, I _____?
    Wonder
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  • (past tense) Prove to be the case. Ex: The job _______ to be beyond his rather limited abilities.
    Turned out
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  • An idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action. A supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.
    Theory
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  • A way of looking for new information, new understanding, and new facts. Ex: The group carries out _____ in geochemistry.
    Research
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  • (of a thing) not able to be found because it is not in its expected place. (of a person) absent from a place, especially their home, and of unknown whereabouts. Ex: He has been ported as a _____ person.
    Missing
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  • A full, deep, prolonged cry uttered by a lion or other large wild animal. Ex: She waited for the lion’s ____.
    Roar
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  • Give out steady light without flame. have an intense colour and a slight shine. Ex: The tips of their cigarettes _____ in the dark.
    Glow/Glowing/Glowed
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