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TOEFL Vocab: Government And Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
impair
unmask
policy
convict
2. Powerful
potent
misconception
distort
contrary
3. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
impair
piracy
apprehend
abduction
4. To bring into public office; to start formally
inaugurate
peer
bitterly
bureaucratic
5. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
inference
distort
abduction
bureaucratic
6. To make big improvements
reform
policy
bitterly
abduction
7. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
authority
suspect
smuggle
bribery
8. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
villainy
analyze
residual
condemn
9. A small group controlling a certain area of business
coerce
witness
cartel
misconception
10. To illegally bring things into a country
condemn
residual
juxtapose
smuggle
11. To attack or criticize forcefully
assail
tolerate
impair
bitterly
12. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
policy
cynically
guilty
civil
13. A process in which people choose officials
election
subtly
bribery
convict
14. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
witness
accuse
deviant
surveillance
15. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
predicament
allegedly
tolerate
inference
16. A conclusion drawn from evidence
inference
advocate
bribery
inaugurate
17. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
subtly
allegedly
integrity
evade
18. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
coerce
piracy
objectively
integrity
19. A case of wrongdoing that hurts someone's reputation
allegedly
cynically
scandal
inaugurate
20. Make small changes in order to get a certain result
villainy
hypothesize
modify
abduction
21. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
evade
suspicious
evidence
grotesque
22. A group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal
residual
coalition
witness
surveillance
23. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
concentrated
suspect
convict
assail
24. Opposite
deviant
predicament
juxtapose
contrary
25. A specific act that breaks the law
offense
potent
authority
coerce
26. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
subtly
bitterly
cartel
juxtapose
27. According to what people say
predicament
juxtapose
hypothesize
allegedly
28. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
inquiry
bribery
civil
poll
29. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
objectively
erode
interdict
election
30. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
juxtapose
surveillance
evade
cartel
31. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
coalition
unmask
policy
intrusively
32. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
policy
accuse
convict
condemn
33. To get away from something that tries to catch you
unmask
evade
bitterly
seize
34. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
offense
hypothesize
contrary
advocate
35. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
bitterly
modify
poll
implicate
36. To keep something from reaching a certain place
subtly
offense
ascertain
interdict
37. Kidnapping
misconception
tolerate
juxtapose
abduction
38. To make something less effective than usual
impair
predicament
bitterly
verdict
39. To wear away and become smaller
erode
implicate
suspect
assail
40. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
election
subtly
implicate
residual
41. Believing that something is wrong; acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong
suspicious
inquiry
accuse
contest
42. On purpose - not by accident
detain
implicate
condemn
intentionally
43. To see something - especially a crime - happen
objectively
inference
ascertain
witness
44. To challenge
cynically
juxtapose
contest
advocate
45. Responsible for doing something bad
contest
prevalent
reform
guilty
46. Giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authority in order to get special privileges
evidence
tolerate
bribery
condemn
47. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
contest
addictive
witness
grotesque
48. To make sure of
ascertain
assail
detain
offense
49. Place next to one another
suspicious
inference
juxtapose
smuggle
50. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
inaugurate
candidate
implicate
hypothesize