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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 wear away and become smaller
modify
hypothesize
erode
bribery
2. Personal honesty and good character
integrity
grotesque
addictive
versus
3. A judgment in a court case
coerce
verdict
seize
versus
4. Believing that something is wrong; acting in a way that makes people believe you have done something wrong
villainy
addictive
smuggle
suspicious
5. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
smuggle
predicament
convict
authority
6. On purpose - not by accident
cartel
intentionally
abduction
versus
7. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
scandal
versus
coerce
unmask
8. A specific act that breaks the law
inaugurate
candidate
advocate
offense
9. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
piracy
suspect
implicate
civil
10. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
intrusively
bribery
reform
unmask
11. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
policy
piracy
grotesque
integrity
12. Powerful
residual
inference
potent
cartel
13. Based on unbiasted standards - not on personal opinion
intrusively
interdict
cynically
objectively
14. To attack or criticize forcefully
modify
assail
reform
versus
15. To get away from something that tries to catch you
evade
civil
policy
surveillance
16. According to what people say
allegedly
scandal
implicate
subtly
17. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
peer
addictive
intentionally
coalition
18. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
objectively
coerce
predicament
assail
19. To make sure of
bitterly
ascertain
erode
authority
20. Kidnapping
residual
verdict
abduction
allegedly
21. To bring into public office; to start formally
bureaucratic
inaugurate
ascertain
abduction
22. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
civil
subtly
advocate
piracy
23. To challenge
contest
allegedly
integrity
inaugurate
24. A case of wrongdoing that hurts someone's reputation
peer
abduction
scandal
evade
25. Common; easy to find because it exists in great amounts
cynically
hypothesize
prevalent
villainy
26. To take something against its owner's will
bitterly
seize
objectively
implicate
27. Opposite
contrary
convict
objectively
hypothesize
28. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
accuse
hypothesize
evidence
inaugurate
29. A person who is one's social equal
verdict
apprehend
peer
concentrated
30. A process in which people choose officials
election
accuse
objectively
assail
31. To examine something by looking at its parts
inquiry
election
unmask
analyze
32. To keep something from reaching a certain place
prevalent
interdict
integrity
apprehend
33. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
prevalent
villainy
detain
authority
34. A mistaken belief
residual
evidence
misconception
witness
35. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
accuse
unmask
versus
suspicious
36. Related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
versus
bureaucratic
piracy
suspect
37. To illegally bring things into a country
smuggle
erode
bitterly
distort
38. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
concentrated
offense
civil
cartel
39. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
residual
suspicious
seize
hypothesize
40. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
election
piracy
seize
smuggle
41. A conclusion drawn from evidence
suspicious
inference
cynically
condemn
42. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
juxtapose
distort
inaugurate
coalition
43. Place next to one another
juxtapose
cartel
assail
implicate
44. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
surveillance
abduction
civil
deviant
45. To speak out in favor of something
advocate
inference
integrity
intrusively
46. Strong because large amounts are in a certain space
apprehend
concentrated
addictive
deviant
47. To capture
apprehend
contest
verdict
peer
48. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
peer
abduction
addictive
hypothesize
49. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
predicament
condemn
candidate
apprehend
50. Responsible for doing something bad
guilty
interdict
seize
coerce