Vocabulary for Everyday Life and Situations

Posted on Feb 16, 2025 in Criminology

Essential Vocabulary: Daily Life, Crime, and Emotions

Daily Life Vocabulary

  • Academic Background: Refers to the educational qualifications and experiences a person has, typically up to when their formal studies have finished.
  • Amazing: Hard to believe; causing wonder or surprise.
  • Audience: People who are attending a performance or event.
  • Bold Features: Characteristics of a face that are strongly defined.
  • Casts: The selection of actors for a production.
  • Chance: A combination of time and place that creates an opportunity.
  • Citizen: A person who belongs to a particular country or state.
  • Collapse: To fall down suddenly.
  • Commercial: An advertisement promoting a product or service.
  • Confidence: The belief in one’s ability to do something successfully.
  • Customs: Traditional practices or behaviors.
  • Disaster: A terrible event causing great damage or suffering.
  • Firefighters: Individuals trained to extinguish fires and rescue people, often working with hydraulic pumps and other equipment.
  • Hot Face: A currently popular or attractive face.
  • Hijacked: To illegally seize control of a vehicle or other entity.
  • Joke: Something said or done to provoke laughter.
  • Law: A system of rules that a society or government develops.
  • Look: Appearance or style.
  • Loyal: A person who is trustworthy and faithful.
  • Noises: Unpleasant or unwanted sounds.
  • Performers: People who act, dance, sing, or perform in a show.
  • Picked: To choose someone or something for a specific purpose.
  • Plenty of: A large quantity; a lot.
  • Potential: Capable of developing into something or someone significant.
  • Proud of: Feeling admiration for someone or something.
  • Proper: Correct or appropriate.
  • Proposal: A suggestion or plan.
  • Quit: To leave something or someone.
  • Refugee: A person forced to leave their country to escape war, persecution, or natural disaster.
  • Scene: The place where an event occurs.
  • Skilled: Having the ability and experience to do something well; handy, skillful.
  • Success: A favorable or desired outcome.
  • Successful: Having achieved success.
  • Took Place: Happened; occurred.
  • To Crash: To collide violently.
  • To Demand: To forcefully request or require something.
  • To Drop Out of School: To leave school before completing a course of study.
  • To Entertain: To amuse or provide enjoyment.
  • To Allow: To let or permit.
  • To Be Aware Of: To be conscious of; to have knowledge of.
  • To Fear: To be afraid of something.
  • To Feel Good: To be happy with oneself.
  • To Fit In: To belong to a group or environment.
  • Lucky Break: A fortunate opportunity.
  • To Hire: To employ someone.
  • To Race: To move quickly or compete.
  • To Remain: To stay in the same place or condition.
  • To Share: To divide something among multiple people.
  • To Serve On: To be a member of a committee or group.
  • To Survive: To continue to live, especially after a disaster.
  • To Tease: To make fun of someone playfully or unkindly.
  • Unique: Being the only one of its kind.
  • Vocational Training: Studies designed to increase knowledge and skills for a specific job, often pursued throughout one’s working life.
  • Phony: False; fake.
  • To Manage: To succeed in doing something.
  • To With: (This appears to be an error. It might be “to deal with” or “to cope with” depending on the intended meaning.)
  • To Forge: To counterfeit; to create a fake copy.
  • To Trick: To deceive or cheat.
  • To Pose As: To pretend to be another person.
  • To Counterfeit: To make an exact imitation of something, usually with the intent to deceive.
  • To Release: To set free.

Crime Vocabulary

  • Crime: An illegal act.
  • To Commit a Crime: To carry out an illegal act.
  • Crime Scene: The location where a crime took place.
  • Guilty: Responsible for committing a crime.
  • Guilt: The state of having committed an offense.
  • Witness: Someone who sees an event, typically a crime, take place.
  • To Witness a Crime: To see a crime being committed.
  • To Get Away With the Crime: To escape punishment for a crime.
  • To Tell Lies: To say things that are not true.
  • To Tell the Truth: To speak honestly.
  • Jail: A place for the confinement of people accused or convicted of a crime.
  • Murder: The unlawful killing of another human being.
  • To Murder: To kill someone unlawfully.
  • Murderer: A person who commits murder.
  • Condemned: Declared guilty and sentenced to punishment.
  • In Court: In a legal setting; to testify.
  • Clues: Pieces of evidence, such as fingerprints.
  • To Look for Clues: To search for evidence.
  • To Find Clues: To discover evidence.
  • Suspect: A person thought to be guilty of a crime.
  • To Suspect: To believe someone is guilty.
  • To Take to Court: To prosecute someone.
  • Trial: A formal examination of evidence before a judge, and typically before a jury.
  • Jury Trial: A trial where a jury makes the decision.
  • To Arrest: To take someone into legal custody.
  • To Take to Jail: To put someone in jail.
  • To Release: To set free.
  • Thief: A person who steals.
  • To Steal: To take something without permission.
  • Burglar: A person who illegally enters a building to steal.
  • Burglary: The act of illegally entering a building to steal.
  • Shoplifter: A person who steals goods from a shop.
  • Pickpocket: A person who steals from people’s pockets.
  • To Break into a House: To forcibly enter a house, usually to steal.
  • Threat: An expression of an intention to inflict harm.
  • To Threaten: To make a threat; menacing.

Emotions Vocabulary

  • Afraid: Feeling fear or apprehension.
  • Angry: Feeling or showing strong displeasure.
  • Amazed: Experiencing great surprise or wonder.
  • Amused: Finding something funny or entertaining.
  • Calm: Peaceful; not agitated.
  • Confused: Unable to think clearly; bewildered.
  • Distressed: Experiencing worry, anxiety, or suffering.
  • Disappointed: Feeling sadness or displeasure because something did not meet expectations.
  • Excited: Feeling enthusiastic and eager.
  • Exhausted: Extremely tired.
  • Frantic: Wild with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.
  • Frightened: Afraid; feeling fear.
  • Furious: Extremely angry.
  • Happy: Feeling or showing pleasure or contentment.
  • Impressed: Feeling admiration or respect.
  • Interest: The feeling of wanting to know or learn about something.
  • Jealous: Feeling envy or resentment towards someone.
  • Overwhelmed: Feeling overcome by strong emotion or a difficult situation.
  • Nervous: Feeling anxious or apprehensive.
  • Proud: Feeling satisfaction and pleasure in something.
  • Relief: A feeling of reassurance and relaxation following release from anxiety.
  • Relaxed: Free from tension and anxiety.
  • Sad: Feeling sorrow or unhappiness.
  • Scared: Feeling fear; frightened.
  • Shocked: Experiencing a sudden and upsetting surprise.
  • Stress: A state of mental or emotional strain.
  • Surprised: Feeling mild astonishment or shock.
  • Tense: Anxious or nervous; unable to relax.
  • Upset: Unhappy, disappointed, or worried.
  • Worried: Anxious or troubled about actual or potential problems.
  • Woody: (This appears to be an error. It might be “moody,” meaning having changeable moods.)