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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 capture
accuse
apprehend
offense
smuggle
2. Extremely unattractive - in a way that catches a lot of attention
election
grotesque
erode
potent
3. To attack or criticize forcefully
offense
assail
integrity
inference
4. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
smuggle
versus
cartel
poll
5. To get away from something that tries to catch you
impair
evade
seize
apprehend
6. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
surveillance
verdict
candidate
cynically
7. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
subtly
evidence
bribery
misconception
8. To examine something by looking at its parts
analyze
detain
contest
condemn
9. Against
ascertain
versus
suspicious
candidate
10. To bring into public office; to start formally
guilty
predicament
inaugurate
peer
11. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
contrary
versus
allegedly
civil
12. To make sure of
ascertain
suspicious
unmask
potent
13. To avoid getting upset about something
intrusively
unmask
contest
tolerate
14. To make big improvements
analyze
versus
coalition
reform
15. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
potent
abduction
villainy
coalition
16. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
versus
verdict
potent
suspect
17. A person who is one's social equal
peer
bureaucratic
analyze
accuse
18. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
bitterly
interdict
unmask
inference
19. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
predicament
guilty
detain
tolerate
20. A specific act that breaks the law
offense
advocate
surveillance
guilty
21. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
distort
implicate
policy
apprehend
22. Place next to one another
modify
guilty
juxtapose
grotesque
23. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
residual
guilty
detain
bureaucratic
24. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
juxtapose
deviant
policy
civil
25. A judgment in a court case
policy
abduction
verdict
suspicious
26. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
candidate
coerce
inaugurate
inquiry
27. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
tolerate
advocate
accuse
prevalent
28. To wear away and become smaller
coerce
civil
erode
apprehend
29. A process in which people choose officials
contrary
cartel
seize
election
30. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
unmask
convict
predicament
residual
31. To keep something from reaching a certain place
unmask
reform
interdict
advocate
32. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
unmask
inference
candidate
coalition
33. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
allegedly
seize
policy
hypothesize
34. Believing that something is wrong; acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong
verdict
predicament
advocate
suspicious
35. Powerful
inquiry
bitterly
potent
suspect
36. Kidnapping
abduction
inference
bribery
authority
37. Common; easy to find because it exists in great amounts
potent
bureaucratic
prevalent
seize
38. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
deviant
subtly
integrity
modify
39. The power to mae decisions - to tell others what to do
objectively
assail
bureaucratic
authority
40. To take something against its owner's will
addictive
poll
seize
coalition
41. Related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
bureaucratic
intrusively
analyze
concentrated
42. Responsible for doing something bad
prevalent
juxtapose
versus
guilty
43. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
detain
concentrated
contest
apprehend
44. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
cynically
hypothesize
impair
assail
45. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
evade
tolerate
deviant
addictive
46. To illegally bring things into a country
election
distort
smuggle
seize
47. An investigation
deviant
tolerate
inquiry
offense
48. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
deviant
coalition
inaugurate
ascertain
49. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
coerce
civil
intrusively
tolerate
50. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
villainy
piracy
evade
surveillance