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TOEFL Vocab: Government And Justice
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
civil
objectively
intentionally
interdict
2. A judgment in a court case
verdict
subtly
coalition
peer
3. To speak out against something in very strong terms
condemn
assail
authority
convict
4. To prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
detain
ascertain
objectively
peer
5. A process in which people choose officials
intrusively
coerce
juxtapose
election
6. Make small changes in order to get a certain result
modify
smuggle
suspicious
policy
7. To keep something from reaching a certain place
hypothesize
interdict
inaugurate
coalition
8. On purpose - not by accident
versus
evidence
coerce
intentionally
9. Extremely unattractive - in a way that catches a lot of attention
inference
juxtapose
grotesque
bribery
10. To get away from something that tries to catch you
suspicious
intentionally
ascertain
evade
11. The power to mae decisions - to tell others what to do
concentrated
authority
guilty
smuggle
12. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
grotesque
intrusively
misconception
seize
13. A person who is one's social equal
interdict
guilty
villainy
peer
14. Place next to one another
hypothesize
reform
juxtapose
apprehend
15. Powerful
condemn
apprehend
potent
assail
16. Personal honesty and good character
residual
abduction
integrity
detain
17. Reveal; expose something that is hidden
intentionally
unmask
guilty
impair
18. To force; to put pressure on someone to do something
coerce
assail
juxtapose
grotesque
19. Giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authority in order to get special privileges
unmask
bribery
suspect
bitterly
20. To take something against its owner's will
peer
verdict
juxtapose
seize
21. A conclusion drawn from evidence
inference
assail
verdict
bureaucratic
22. To attack or criticize forcefully
interdict
apprehend
assail
advocate
23. Ab approved way for approaching a certain kind of situation
allegedly
versus
policy
implicate
24. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
modify
potent
distort
residual
25. Something that makes the truth of a statement seem more likely
prevalent
hypothesize
evidence
smuggle
26. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
prevalent
villainy
bitterly
ascertain
27. Kidnapping
abduction
peer
reform
scandal
28. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
modify
poll
piracy
bitterly
29. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
residual
cynically
offense
policy
30. To say that someone did something wrong (e.g. - committed a crime)
residual
allegedly
accuse
seize
31. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
deviant
hypothesize
versus
predicament
32. To make big improvements
reform
contrary
potent
inquiry
33. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
villainy
seize
erode
implicate
34. To make something less effective than usual
ascertain
impair
evade
erode
35. To wear away and become smaller
interdict
erode
inference
modify
36. To avoid getting upset about something
cartel
verdict
tolerate
coalition
37. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
contrary
allegedly
suspect
grotesque
38. An investigation
inquiry
distort
grotesque
concentrated
39. To see something - especially a crime - happen
modify
witness
unmask
intentionally
40. To make sure of
ascertain
interdict
condemn
unmask
41. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
detain
seize
advocate
addictive
42. To examine something by looking at its parts
implicate
reform
analyze
misconception
43. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
evade
election
piracy
prevalent
44. To capture
hypothesize
allegedly
election
apprehend
45. A group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal
scandal
coalition
suspect
bitterly
46. According to what people say
implicate
allegedly
deviant
smuggle
47. To illegally bring things into a country
cynically
tolerate
smuggle
addictive
48. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
predicament
bureaucratic
impair
detain
49. Opposite
accuse
contrary
implicate
prevalent
50. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
hypothesize
smuggle
candidate
deviant