Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook Vocabulary List

Edgar Allan’s Official Crime Investigation Notebook by Mary Amato

Vocabulary List

Directions: Fill in the definitions for the following terms.

Professional (p.3)

Nonchalant (p.20)

Forensics (p.30)

Cosmetics (p.32)

Seizure (p.39)

Tread (p.41)

Damaging (p.45)

Sleuthing (p.46)

Neglecting (p.50)

Verified (p.67)

Spectrum (p.68)

Doorjamb (p.94)

Flourish (p.99)

Alibi (p.116)

Precision (117)

Bonus

Using the context of Mary Amato’s book, come up with definitions for the following neologisms (made-up words):

Luminiferous (p.33)

Slobberjaws (p.79)

Create your own neologism and its definition: