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