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TOEFL Vocab: Government And Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A case of wrongdoing that hurts someone's reputation
interdict
grotesque
scandal
candidate
2. To bring into public office; to start formally
condemn
integrity
inaugurate
modify
3. Opposite
evidence
policy
contest
contrary
4. Believing that something is wrong; acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong
unmask
policy
suspicious
analyze
5. A specific act that breaks the law
offense
prevalent
predicament
policy
6. Powerful
addictive
ascertain
potent
villainy
7. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
erode
coerce
tolerate
subtly
8. Place next to one another
juxtapose
peer
inference
integrity
9. To speak out against something in very strong terms
guilty
evade
condemn
potent
10. Related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
potent
bureaucratic
seize
prevalent
11. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
election
suspect
hypothesize
convict
12. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
surveillance
peer
apprehend
deviant
13. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
implicate
villainy
versus
distort
14. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
accuse
poll
integrity
hypothesize
15. On purpose - not by accident
intentionally
concentrated
prevalent
bribery
16. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
hypothesize
assail
analyze
inaugurate
17. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
suspicious
subtly
villainy
residual
18. To speak out in favor of something
advocate
intrusively
surveillance
authority
19. A person who is one's social equal
contest
peer
evidence
concentrated
20. To avoid getting upset about something
tolerate
coalition
bitterly
implicate
21. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
deviant
convict
coalition
verdict
22. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
implicate
poll
detain
advocate
23. Common; easy to find because it exists in great amounts
inaugurate
impair
modify
prevalent
24. To make big improvements
election
reform
intentionally
potent
25. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
verdict
intrusively
grotesque
reform
26. A small group controlling a certain area of business
suspect
cartel
peer
verdict
27. To keep something from reaching a certain place
condemn
residual
interdict
intrusively
28. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
suspicious
villainy
impair
evidence
29. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
piracy
advocate
unmask
versus
30. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
analyze
coalition
piracy
bribery
31. To illegally bring things into a country
smuggle
cartel
condemn
poll
32. To get away from something that tries to catch you
versus
intentionally
grotesque
evade
33. A judgment in a court case
verdict
addictive
suspect
accuse
34. To make something less effective than usual
suspect
concentrated
civil
impair
35. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
unmask
deviant
integrity
coerce
36. Personal honesty and good character
guilty
evidence
integrity
advocate
37. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
cynically
inquiry
convict
inference
38. The power to mae decisions - to tell others what to do
condemn
authority
apprehend
misconception
39. To attack or criticize forcefully
evade
coerce
assail
guilty
40. To wear away and become smaller
erode
candidate
contest
scandal
41. To see something - especially a crime - happen
policy
evidence
verdict
witness
42. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
deviant
scandal
distort
coalition
43. To make sure of
peer
hypothesize
ascertain
interdict
44. To examine something by looking at its parts
apprehend
interdict
candidate
analyze
45. A mistaken belief
integrity
misconception
distort
predicament
46. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
guilty
evade
suspect
advocate
47. A process in which people choose officials
assail
election
witness
cartel
48. To capture
bureaucratic
allegedly
apprehend
suspect
49. Against
suspicious
versus
policy
apprehend
50. Giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authority in order to get special privileges
bribery
implicate
coalition
misconception