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TOEFL Vocab: Government And Justice
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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. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
cartel
impair
civil
allegedly
2. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
condemn
coerce
subtly
verdict
3. An investigation
inquiry
election
offense
deviant
4. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
convict
peer
juxtapose
authority
5. To make sure of
civil
grotesque
ascertain
prevalent
6. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
poll
concentrated
policy
cartel
7. To avoid getting upset about something
tolerate
grotesque
interdict
predicament
8. To attack or criticize forcefully
modify
assail
seize
versus
9. Place next to one another
juxtapose
interdict
predicament
bitterly
10. A specific act that breaks the law
coerce
offense
advocate
election
11. To wear away and become smaller
abduction
misconception
intrusively
erode
12. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
addictive
abduction
advocate
coalition
13. To capture
cartel
modify
inquiry
apprehend
14. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
civil
concentrated
interdict
evade
15. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
bitterly
offense
candidate
policy
16. To take something against its owner's will
misconception
inaugurate
seize
analyze
17. Kidnapping
allegedly
prevalent
advocate
abduction
18. To get away from something that tries to catch you
erode
verdict
evade
hypothesize
19. Responsible for doing something bad
guilty
residual
impair
misconception
20. To challenge
contest
scandal
modify
ascertain
21. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
subtly
evidence
erode
deviant
22. To make big improvements
guilty
reform
peer
suspicious
23. Against
unmask
convict
versus
smuggle
24. To keep something from reaching a certain place
detain
interdict
condemn
erode
25. Believing that something is wrong; acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong
intrusively
suspicious
erode
bribery
26. Giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authority in order to get special privileges
intentionally
policy
grotesque
bribery
27. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
detain
inaugurate
suspect
addictive
28. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
villainy
smuggle
objectively
accuse
29. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
hypothesize
detain
intrusively
distort
30. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
assail
piracy
suspicious
deviant
31. A process in which people choose officials
coalition
election
reform
inference
32. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
predicament
distort
assail
versus
33. A conclusion drawn from evidence
cartel
inference
condemn
implicate
34. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
grotesque
detain
cartel
hypothesize
35. Powerful
tolerate
potent
accuse
implicate
36. A small group controlling a certain area of business
potent
grotesque
abduction
cartel
37. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
objectively
residual
guilty
coerce
38. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
interdict
inquiry
reform
policy
39. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
civil
modify
erode
implicate
40. To see something - especially a crime - happen
intentionally
bureaucratic
witness
suspicious
41. To examine something by looking at its parts
modify
policy
analyze
evidence
42. To bring into public office; to start formally
coalition
peer
inaugurate
prevalent
43. To speak out in favor of something
ascertain
advocate
apprehend
contest
44. Opposite
election
piracy
civil
contrary
45. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
implicate
surveillance
accuse
coalition
46. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
abduction
inference
addictive
surveillance
47. To make something less effective than usual
juxtapose
erode
piracy
impair
48. A mistaken belief
concentrated
witness
distort
misconception
49. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
cartel
hypothesize
modify
bitterly
50. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
witness
unmask
seize
detain