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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. Personal honesty and good character
integrity
cynically
tolerate
ascertain
2. Extremely unattractive - in a way that catches a lot of attention
poll
prevalent
grotesque
evidence
3. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
authority
policy
candidate
suspect
4. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
cartel
allegedly
residual
accuse
5. To get away from something that tries to catch you
policy
evade
inaugurate
assail
6. On purpose - not by accident
policy
apprehend
seize
intentionally
7. A person who is one's social equal
election
smuggle
peer
detain
8. A small group controlling a certain area of business
addictive
policy
cartel
potent
9. To take something against its owner's will
civil
candidate
seize
evidence
10. According to what people say
condemn
abduction
allegedly
subtly
11. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
piracy
inaugurate
hypothesize
detain
12. Responsible for doing something bad
peer
potent
guilty
election
13. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
evidence
poll
subtly
contrary
14. A conclusion drawn from evidence
inference
bitterly
cartel
detain
15. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
contest
coalition
advocate
coerce
16. To see something - especially a crime - happen
condemn
unmask
piracy
witness
17. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
contrary
coerce
seize
objectively
18. To speak out in favor of something
advocate
poll
peer
potent
19. To avoid getting upset about something
assail
advocate
subtly
tolerate
20. To attack or criticize forcefully
poll
abduction
assail
reform
21. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
ascertain
bureaucratic
coalition
piracy
22. To speak out against something in very strong terms
objectively
witness
condemn
predicament
23. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
coalition
impair
surveillance
deviant
24. A specific act that breaks the law
offense
suspicious
contrary
misconception
25. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
policy
evidence
erode
interdict
26. To keep something from reaching a certain place
interdict
juxtapose
addictive
offense
27. Believing that something is wrong; acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong
potent
suspicious
authority
impair
28. Giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authority in order to get special privileges
coerce
evade
advocate
bribery
29. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
implicate
interdict
detain
smuggle
30. A judgment in a court case
verdict
piracy
evade
versus
31. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
grotesque
detain
peer
versus
32. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
intrusively
smuggle
peer
tolerate
33. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
interdict
objectively
condemn
civil
34. Opposite
contrary
detain
apprehend
inference
35. To bring into public office; to start formally
guilty
potent
inaugurate
intrusively
36. A group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal
tolerate
coalition
subtly
intrusively
37. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
hypothesize
distort
witness
potent
38. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
assail
piracy
poll
accuse
39. To wear away and become smaller
ascertain
erode
predicament
hypothesize
40. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
implicate
convict
witness
residual
41. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
erode
surveillance
misconception
poll
42. To make something less effective than usual
concentrated
impair
cynically
accuse
43. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
smuggle
concentrated
offense
objectively
44. A process in which people choose officials
coalition
juxtapose
cynically
election
45. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
analyze
bureaucratic
accuse
suspect
46. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
villainy
election
prevalent
inaugurate
47. A case of wrongdoing that hurts someone's reputation
implicate
residual
offense
scandal
48. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
contrary
tolerate
evidence
smuggle
49. To illegally bring things into a country
condemn
assail
smuggle
scandal
50. To capture
cynically
contrary
apprehend
bribery