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vocabulary for Novel/mystery

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breakthrough   an advance or discovery that helps solve a crime  
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clue   a fact object that helps solve mysteries  
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crime   an act committed in violation of the law  
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deduce   to infer by logical reasoning  
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deduction   collecting the facts and drawing a possible conclusion  
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detective   a person who investigates crimes and gathers information  
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evidence   someone or something that proves who committed the crime  
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hunch   a guess or feeling not based on known facts  
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motive   an inner drive that causes a person to do something or act in a certain way  
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mystery   something that is secret and unknown  
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plot   the arrangements of incidents in a story  
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red herring   a false lead that throws the investigator off track. it is used to divert attention from the basic issue  
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setting   the time, place, environment and surrounding circumstances of a story  
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sleuth   an investigator or detective  
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suspects   people who appear to have a motive to have committed the crime  
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suspect   a person who is suspected of a crime  
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victim   someone who saw or can give a firsthand account of something  
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detention   enforced detainment  
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parole   conditional release from prison before the full term is up  
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intervention   act of coming between to solve a problem  
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obligation   duty  
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ruckus   noisy disturbance  
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specialties   special products  
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gizmo   gadget  
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hypnotized   put into a trance  
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