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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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1. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
erode
poll
intentionally
guilty
2. On purpose - not by accident
smuggle
condemn
authority
intentionally
3. Responsible for doing something bad
potent
offense
guilty
juxtapose
4. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
bureaucratic
suspect
modify
contrary
5. Common; easy to find because it exists in great amounts
addictive
candidate
prevalent
evidence
6. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
convict
addictive
implicate
authority
7. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
unmask
convict
ascertain
erode
8. Related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
suspect
bureaucratic
bitterly
detain
9. Make small changes in order to get a certain result
candidate
inference
modify
scandal
10. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
subtly
detain
predicament
deviant
11. To challenge
smuggle
contrary
contest
offense
12. To make something less effective than usual
impair
deviant
addictive
concentrated
13. Kidnapping
candidate
inquiry
abduction
suspect
14. To attack or criticize forcefully
surveillance
seize
civil
assail
15. A conclusion drawn from evidence
impair
inference
integrity
distort
16. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
unmask
inference
advocate
distort
17. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
subtly
smuggle
accuse
convict
18. Place next to one another
deviant
tolerate
bitterly
juxtapose
19. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
hypothesize
objectively
subtly
distort
20. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
coerce
cynically
implicate
misconception
21. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
offense
coerce
addictive
residual
22. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
condemn
tolerate
bribery
villainy
23. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
reform
unmask
juxtapose
policy
24. To get away from something that tries to catch you
seize
evade
condemn
election
25. To take something against its owner's will
intrusively
seize
inference
deviant
26. Opposite
unmask
versus
guilty
contrary
27. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
inference
deviant
grotesque
tolerate
28. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
accuse
bitterly
implicate
suspect
29. Powerful
witness
potent
policy
evade
30. A process in which people choose officials
convict
unmask
election
modify
31. To speak out against something in very strong terms
potent
implicate
condemn
predicament
32. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
subtly
apprehend
intrusively
misconception
33. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
suspect
bitterly
seize
tolerate
34. A judgment in a court case
condemn
versus
inquiry
verdict
35. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
smuggle
condemn
objectively
witness
36. To bring into public office; to start formally
inaugurate
election
evade
implicate
37. A small group controlling a certain area of business
scandal
detain
cartel
subtly
38. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
modify
impair
authority
residual
39. To capture
potent
bribery
predicament
apprehend
40. The power to mae decisions - to tell others what to do
authority
integrity
cartel
scandal
41. An investigation
coerce
abduction
unmask
inquiry
42. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
implicate
intrusively
convict
villainy
43. To wear away and become smaller
evade
distort
assail
erode
44. To make big improvements
ascertain
candidate
distort
reform
45. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
assail
villainy
candidate
predicament
46. To avoid getting upset about something
tolerate
evidence
verdict
witness
47. Personal honesty and good character
implicate
coerce
verdict
integrity
48. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
distort
bitterly
suspicious
evidence
49. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
bitterly
concentrated
integrity
evade
50. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
civil
inaugurate
impair
piracy