Bear Brook Vocab

Define decomposed.

• make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay

• having had the limbs cut off

• form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence

• cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone

Define dismembered.

• having had the limbs cut off

• make or become rotten; decay or cause to decay

• form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence

• cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone

Define DNA.

• hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms

• scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime

• the study and tracing of lines of descent or development

• an unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence

Define forensics.

• hereditary material in humans and almost all other organisms

• scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime

• an unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence

• an unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence

Define speculate.

• form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence

• an unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence

• a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

• involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary.

Define cold case.

• form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence

• an unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence

• scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime

• a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way

Define alibi.

• form a theory or conjecture about a subject without firm evidence

• an unsolved criminal investigation which remains open pending the discovery of new evidence

• a claim or piece of evidence that one was elsewhere when an act, typically a criminal one, is alleged to have taken place

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

Define genealogy.

• the study and tracing of lines of descent or development

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• scientific tests or techniques used in connection with the detection of crime

• involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary.

Define juxtaposition.

• the study and tracing of lines of descent or development

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• involving trust, especially with regard to the relationship between a trustee and a beneficiary.

• a liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way

Define estrange.

• the study and tracing of lines of descent or development

• the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect

• dig out from the ground

• cause (someone) to be no longer close or affectionate to someone