chpt. 6-10 ATTWN

Question 1

Fiend

Answer 1

evil spirits, demon

Question 2

corroborate

Answer 2

to attest to the truth

Question 3

alibi

Answer 3

defendant’s excuse that he was elsewhere when the crime was committed

Question 4

acquiescent

Answer 4

consent without protest

Question 5

tenacious

Answer 5

hold on tightly to something

Question 6

surreptitiously

Answer 6

secretly

Question 7

autopsy

Answer 7

examination of the corpse to determine the cause of death

Question 8

testy

Answer 8

irritable; bad tempered

Question 9

barmy

Answer 9

little crazy

Question 10

proxy

Answer 10

act for another

Question 11

stiletto

Answer 11

small dagger with a slender blade

Question 12

perpetrators

Answer 12

person guilty of a crime

Question 13

what is lombards crime?

Answer 13

Lombard left 20 people to die

Question 14

methodically

Answer 14

systematic way of completing a task

Question 15

marooned

Answer 15

stranded

Question 16

sheer

Answer 16

steep

Question 17

recess

Answer 17

small hollow

Question 18

aversion

Answer 18

strong dislike

Question 19

coincidence

Answer 19

seemingly planned sequence of accidentally occurring events

Question 20

exonerate

Answer 20

free from blame

Question 21

blurting

Answer 21

to speak without thinking

Question 22

mirthless

Answer 22

without joy

Question 23

perjury

Answer 23

to lie under oath

Question 24

malicious

Answer 24

desire to harm others

Question 25

truncheon

Answer 25

short stick

Question 26

succinctly

Answer 26

to express clearly in a few words