Cope Field: Part Three

by T. L. Simpson
In this hard-hitting young adult novel, Crawford Cope, a talented high school baseball pitcher, must face difficult truths about his famous father.

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  1. ineptitude
    unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
    He was always making up reasons to explain his own ineptitude.
  2. credentials
    a document attesting to the truth of certain stated facts
    A few well-dressed news anchors stand around chatting, their press credentials gleaming in the late afternoon sunlight.
  3. tabloid
    sensationalist journalism
    It’s national news. Borderline tabloid types.
  4. formality
    a requirement of etiquette or custom
    We all know he saved your life. And this whole investigation is just a formality.
  5. elective
    a course that the student can select from among alternatives
    Luis sits beside me in our journalism elective.
  6. documentary
    a film presenting the facts about a person or event
    Coach Rodriguez has us watching old World War II documentaries.
  7. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
    "Pops. I love you. And I hate you at the same time. And that is not my doing. It’s yours. You visited upon me and Sutton abuses both explicit and abstract, hurts so deep I do not have the words for them."
  8. abstract
    existing only in the mind
    “Pops. I love you. And I hate you at the same time. And that is not my doing. It’s yours. You visited upon me and Sutton abuses both explicit and abstract, hurts so deep I do not have the words for them."
  9. debatable
    open to doubt or argument
    “I’m the best. You love me.”
    “Debatable.”
  10. prosecutor
    an official conducting criminal cases on behalf of the state
    “The purpose of this hearing is to go over evidence and determine if the state has a case to charge Mr. Cope with first-degree murder, among other charges, at the prosecutor’s recommendation,” he says.
  11. memorabilia
    objects that are valued because of their link to historical events or a particular interest
    “Why do you got a trunk full of Dad’s memorabilia?”
  12. escalate
    increase in extent or intensity
    I always said it was me who escalated things, me who wasn’t good enough, me who took things too far . . . but with a little distance, it’s so obvious.
  13. manifest
    reveal its presence or make an appearance
    “Believe it. Manifest it.”
  14. mediocre
    poor to middling in quality
    Turns out, one mediocre semester wasn’t enough to tank all my scholarship opportunities.
  15. exponentially
    in a manner of rapid growth
    “You know, I’m good. I’m really good. Ever since Shotgun died, my life has gotten exponentially better. Isn’t that sad? To be a person who dies and it makes the world you left behind a better place?”
Created on Tue Mar 03 07:09:58 EST 2026 (updated Wed Apr 08 19:57:20 EDT 2026)

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