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TOEFL Vocab: Government And Justice
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english
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
subtly
ascertain
inference
surveillance
2. Common; easy to find because it exists in great amounts
seize
prevalent
misconception
evidence
3. An investigation
reform
inquiry
civil
versus
4. To capture
assail
verdict
reform
apprehend
5. Make small changes in order to get a certain result
smuggle
modify
poll
convict
6. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
abduction
potent
bribery
surveillance
7. To get away from something that tries to catch you
ascertain
potent
coalition
evade
8. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
interdict
villainy
coalition
witness
9. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
interdict
bitterly
abduction
hypothesize
10. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
objectively
piracy
modify
bitterly
11. A judgment in a court case
contrary
hypothesize
verdict
reform
12. A mistaken belief
misconception
predicament
interdict
inquiry
13. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
subtly
bitterly
piracy
intrusively
14. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
candidate
interdict
policy
guilty
15. A process in which people choose officials
election
abduction
inquiry
condemn
16. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
villainy
authority
unmask
predicament
17. To attack or criticize forcefully
intentionally
contrary
assail
candidate
18. Against
contrary
advocate
offense
versus
19. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
election
impair
deviant
cynically
20. A small group controlling a certain area of business
suspicious
cartel
residual
accuse
21. Place next to one another
intentionally
verdict
juxtapose
villainy
22. To bring into public office; to start formally
condemn
allegedly
inaugurate
abduction
23. To make big improvements
cartel
deviant
reform
intrusively
24. To see something - especially a crime - happen
subtly
civil
witness
addictive
25. Personal honesty and good character
integrity
surveillance
policy
seize
26. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
scandal
reform
accuse
inference
27. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
suspicious
coalition
potent
intrusively
28. To speak out against something in very strong terms
authority
analyze
potent
condemn
29. To wear away and become smaller
erode
detain
condemn
inference
30. Responsible for doing something bad
distort
apprehend
addictive
guilty
31. To make sure of
contrary
inaugurate
ascertain
prevalent
32. A conclusion drawn from evidence
civil
election
intrusively
inference
33. A case of wrongdoing that hurts someone's reputation
juxtapose
inference
assail
scandal
34. To keep something from reaching a certain place
objectively
condemn
inference
interdict
35. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
coalition
misconception
unmask
distort
36. To examine something by looking at its parts
advocate
convict
peer
analyze
37. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
civil
deviant
candidate
analyze
38. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
unmask
evade
analyze
predicament
39. A group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal
modify
convict
intrusively
coalition
40. On purpose - not by accident
intentionally
detain
predicament
tolerate
41. Extremely unattractive - in a way that catches a lot of attention
villainy
witness
inquiry
grotesque
42. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
hypothesize
distort
suspect
intentionally
43. A specific act that breaks the law
prevalent
villainy
contrary
offense
44. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
civil
potent
impair
poll
45. To take something against its owner's will
seize
piracy
evade
civil
46. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
detain
piracy
policy
analyze
47. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
accuse
poll
coerce
assail
48. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
evade
concentrated
implicate
objectively
49. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
accuse
guilty
residual
cynically
50. To make something less effective than usual
impair
potent
objectively
addictive