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