When my group first chose the American justice system as the topic of our presentation, all of us had a serious attitude. As we began brainstorming, however, it became increasingly clear that television courtroom dramas were acting as fodder for just about every situation that we proposed.

Fodder is used to refer to:

Kelly suggested we act out a trial focused on a lucrative lawsuit with millions of dollars at stake.

Lucrative means:

By the time the jury, made up of a group of our classmates, adjourned to reach a decision, they would certainly have seen plenty of colorful characetrs and heard many questionable statements.

Adjourned means:

Noah was inspired to describe an entire set of untrustworthy and dissolute witnesses whose greedy motives could be exposed during an intense cross-examination.

Dissolute is used to:

To have a pause or rest during a formal meeting or trial.

Attractive

The process of driving or forcing out

Difficult or impossible to read

To reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly

Succinct

To make up for

Which word means to strengthen?

Ranchers might need this for their farm animals.

If you do this in my class, you are breaking my courtesy rule...

Which word means average or ordinary?

A deliberately deceptive movement

To put under complete control

To tease

Showing no signs of fear