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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 make sure of
ascertain
unmask
cartel
seize
2. A group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal
piracy
abduction
coalition
guilty
3. To illegally bring things into a country
detain
smuggle
guilty
bribery
4. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
prevalent
intrusively
reform
verdict
5. To find out a small group's opinion so that you can guess what a much larger group thinks
bitterly
impair
detain
poll
6. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
juxtapose
predicament
subtly
abduction
7. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
objectively
suspect
poll
contest
8. To challenge
peer
contest
addictive
accuse
9. A mistaken belief
misconception
predicament
verdict
tolerate
10. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
subtly
surveillance
villainy
evade
11. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
implicate
assail
guilty
policy
12. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
cynically
accuse
deviant
guilty
13. To bring into public office; to start formally
residual
inaugurate
grotesque
intrusively
14. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
unmask
surveillance
interdict
addictive
15. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
coalition
intrusively
bitterly
evidence
16. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
intentionally
surveillance
concentrated
juxtapose
17. Against
versus
addictive
election
implicate
18. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
coerce
erode
contest
smuggle
19. Related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
objectively
bureaucratic
interdict
evidence
20. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
analyze
addictive
distort
cartel
21. An investigation
advocate
smuggle
suspect
inquiry
22. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
policy
inference
subtly
seize
23. To speak out against something in very strong terms
deviant
surveillance
condemn
policy
24. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
convict
potent
candidate
bureaucratic
25. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
concentrated
suspicious
predicament
seize
26. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
guilty
convict
hypothesize
offense
27. To take something against its owner's will
assail
piracy
seize
modify
28. To avoid getting upset about something
offense
accuse
inaugurate
tolerate
29. Powerful
potent
addictive
bribery
villainy
30. Extremely unattractive - in a way that catches a lot of attention
integrity
grotesque
surveillance
accuse
31. According to what people say
allegedly
evidence
surveillance
villainy
32. To attack or criticize forcefully
assail
tolerate
apprehend
concentrated
33. To speak out in favor of something
impair
offense
inference
advocate
34. A person who is one's social equal
peer
policy
reform
villainy
35. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
convict
prevalent
witness
objectively
36. On purpose - not by accident
coerce
witness
advocate
intentionally
37. A process in which people choose officials
election
erode
candidate
hypothesize
38. To make something less effective than usual
tolerate
objectively
apprehend
impair
39. To see something - especially a crime - happen
evade
surveillance
witness
interdict
40. A conclusion drawn from evidence
intentionally
inference
villainy
misconception
41. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
intentionally
accuse
verdict
assail
42. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
inquiry
coalition
detain
subtly
43. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
addictive
civil
peer
contrary
44. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
impair
prevalent
subtly
piracy
45. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
surveillance
coalition
inquiry
convict
46. Kidnapping
abduction
assail
erode
coerce
47. Place next to one another
juxtapose
grotesque
hypothesize
cartel
48. Responsible for doing something bad
erode
guilty
abduction
advocate
49. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
potent
policy
assail
suspect
50. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
evade
reform
addictive
concentrated