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Vocabulary use: Read each sentence below the table. Select a word that could replace the bold-faced words. Then click the bold-faced words in the sentences to see if you guessed correctly. Reread the entire sentence with the synonyms.
trick 
prevailing cause problems for purchased revenge threw pranks poked semi-conscious final yanked phenomenon tormenting rouse cabinet vial substance summoned poisonous After guessing the meaning of the words and clicking for verification, listen to the sentence twice. The second time, read along and work on pronouncing the words well.
1. One acceptedprevailing explanation of the Bell Witch mysteryphenomenon is that a long-time suitor of Betsy Bell pulled a series of trickspranks to achieve the ghostly effects.2. Even General Andrew Jackson decided to find out if the phenomenon was a hoaxtrick.
3. As the story goes, the Bell witch wanted vengeancerevenge because John Bell had cheated her when she boughtpurchased some land from him.
4. She came back to hauntcause problems for the Bell family for a long time.
5. She tossedthrew furniture and dishes at them. She pulledyanked their hair and stuckpoked needles into them.
6. The witch's ultimatefinal act of vengeance was when John Bell had a stroke.
7. Bell was found in a stuporsemi-conscious and the family was unable to completely awakenrouse him.
8. A strange bottlevial of medicine was found in John Bell's medicine chestcabinet.
9. The witch began tauntingtormenting the family, saying she had given their father a dose of the medicine while he slept.
10. A doctor was calledsummoned, and the medicinesubstance in the vial was tested on a cat and found to be lethalpoisonous.
