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TOEFL Vocab: Government And Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Responsible for doing something bad
bribery
advocate
distort
guilty
2. Opposite
policy
surveillance
juxtapose
contrary
3. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
intentionally
unmask
misconception
witness
4. To speak out against something in very strong terms
modify
accuse
prevalent
condemn
5. To capture
bribery
apprehend
reform
inquiry
6. A process in which people choose officials
subtly
election
offense
witness
7. Extremely unattractive - in a way that catches a lot of attention
grotesque
intrusively
ascertain
poll
8. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
addictive
smuggle
candidate
peer
9. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
bureaucratic
interdict
subtly
grotesque
10. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
deviant
authority
bitterly
candidate
11. Kidnapping
subtly
guilty
villainy
abduction
12. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
hypothesize
residual
authority
prevalent
13. To illegally bring things into a country
predicament
smuggle
seize
interdict
14. A person who is one's social equal
suspicious
witness
detain
peer
15. A mistaken belief
addictive
misconception
election
scandal
16. Related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
scandal
cartel
bureaucratic
election
17. An investigation
peer
election
inquiry
verdict
18. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
convict
cynically
intrusively
implicate
19. To see something - especially a crime - happen
predicament
deviant
cynically
witness
20. A conclusion drawn from evidence
civil
seize
inference
bitterly
21. To attack or criticize forcefully
abduction
contest
suspect
assail
22. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
evidence
poll
policy
subtly
23. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
deviant
tolerate
concentrated
cynically
24. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
distort
hypothesize
surveillance
authority
25. Powerful
modify
potent
evade
peer
26. On purpose - not by accident
intentionally
unmask
distort
concentrated
27. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
evidence
coerce
distort
scandal
28. Giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authority in order to get special privileges
predicament
bribery
distort
contrary
29. Make small changes in order to get a certain result
surveillance
modify
intrusively
concentrated
30. A judgment in a court case
versus
grotesque
verdict
intrusively
31. To examine something by looking at its parts
residual
analyze
villainy
seize
32. To make big improvements
reform
deviant
evidence
potent
33. Against
allegedly
contrary
versus
predicament
34. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
advocate
versus
objectively
witness
35. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
unmask
intrusively
guilty
predicament
36. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
bribery
grotesque
ascertain
policy
37. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
election
coerce
villainy
civil
38. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
detain
authority
prevalent
inference
39. Common; easy to find because it exists in great amounts
witness
prevalent
misconception
condemn
40. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
deviant
allegedly
evade
cynically
41. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
advocate
offense
addictive
suspect
42. The power to mae decisions - to tell others what to do
allegedly
authority
scandal
distort
43. To challenge
offense
contest
predicament
impair
44. To get away from something that tries to catch you
surveillance
evade
inquiry
authority
45. Believing that something is wrong; acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong
suspicious
modify
cynically
contest
46. According to what people say
apprehend
smuggle
contest
allegedly
47. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
objectively
inference
scandal
residual
48. A group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal
contest
coalition
juxtapose
deviant
49. To wear away and become smaller
civil
tolerate
erode
bureaucratic
50. To avoid getting upset about something
bitterly
tolerate
analyze
residual