
What vocabulary is necessary to score high on the TOEFL? Why is it especially important to have a strong vocabulary for the current TOEFL? Why must I improve my vocabulary and how can I succeed? How can I be a better TOEFL test taker?
400 Must Have Words for the TOEFL » LESSON 26 - A Reasonable Doubt
______ 1. accuse | (a) to determine that someone is guilty |
______ 2. convict | (b) responsible for a crime |
______ 3. civil | (c) a social equal |
______ 4. guilty | (d) being related to a personal dispute, not a crime |
______ 5. peer | (e) to say someone did a bad thing |
One of the most controversial murder cases of the twentieth century was that involving the death of Marilyn Sheppard in 1954. Her husband, Dr. Sam Sheppard, was accused of killing her and then injuring himself. An unlikely suspect, Sheppard was highly respected by his peers in the medical world. Still, there were odd aspects to the murder that Sheppard could not explain away. Unfortunately for Sheppard, none of his supporters actually witnessed the crime, so nobody could back up Sheppard’s claim that the real killer was a bushy-haired man whom Sheppard had chased across his lawn and fought with briefly.
Sheppard was eventually convicted of the offense, but many people doubted the verdict. With aggressive help from a lawyer named F. Lee Bailey, Sheppard got a new trial. Bailey suggested many alternatives to Sheppard’s guilt, enough that the new jury could not say he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Sheppard was released from prison but died soon afterward. His son, Chip, pursued the case through several civil and criminal proceedings in an attempt to find out the truth about his mother’s murder. Late in the 1990s, new DNA analysis techniques proved that someone other than Sam Sheppard and his family had been in the house that night. Sheppard’s story about the bushy-haired man had probably been accurate all along.
What vocabulary is necessary to score high on the TOEFL? Why is it especially important to have a strong vocabulary for the current TOEFL? Why must I improve my vocabulary and how can I succeed? How can I be a better TOEFL test taker?
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