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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 prevent someone - for a relatively short time - from going on their way
cynically
reform
detain
advocate
2. Stealing a ship or taking the ship's cargo; the unlawful copying of books - CDs - etc.
piracy
hypothesize
inference
abduction
3. Place next to one another
juxtapose
deviant
coalition
inaugurate
4. Exceptional badness as demonstrated by many serious evil deeds
villainy
piracy
witness
cynically
5. Related to a large organization with a lot of complicated procedures
prevalent
bureaucratic
reform
poll
6. To examine something by looking at its parts
analyze
candidate
smuggle
residual
7. To make big improvements
reform
interdict
evidence
advocate
8. Kidnapping
concentrated
policy
surveillance
abduction
9. To get away from something that tries to catch you
objectively
ascertain
evade
contrary
10. Common; easy to find because it exists in great amounts
prevalent
civil
tolerate
surveillance
11. Disrespectfully; emphasizing the weakness of otherwise respected things
cynically
bureaucratic
subtly
predicament
12. To take something against its owner's will
surveillance
evidence
inference
seize
13. A small group controlling a certain area of business
accuse
cartel
suspicious
verdict
14. To speak out in favor of something
ascertain
poll
bribery
advocate
15. A judgment in a court case
piracy
verdict
guilty
analyze
16. To capture
grotesque
concentrated
apprehend
distort
17. Giving money or other gifts to a government official or other person in authority in order to get special privileges
peer
authority
offense
bribery
18. To suggest that someone was involved in a crime or other wrong behavior
implicate
suspicious
subtly
witness
19. Someone who wants to be chosen - especially in an election - for a position
concentrated
scandal
evade
candidate
20. Making someone want it so much that the person feels ill without it
allegedly
addictive
seize
piracy
21. Responsible for doing something bad
potent
concentrated
candidate
guilty
22. To decide that someone is guilty of a crime
apprehend
convict
juxtapose
assail
23. To see something - especially a crime - happen
witness
juxtapose
smuggle
prevalent
24. Involving a dispute between two citizens - not a criminal charge
inference
bureaucratic
civil
versus
25. To keep something from reaching a certain place
surveillance
interdict
reform
accuse
26. The power to mae decisions - to tell others what to do
offense
inaugurate
authority
inquiry
27. To speak out against something in very strong terms
condemn
reform
contest
detain
28. Personal honesty and good character
interdict
guilty
integrity
seize
29. Strongly and with a lot of bad feelings
convict
grotesque
hypothesize
bitterly
30. An investigation
deviant
grotesque
election
inquiry
31. A process of watching something or someone for a long time - usually because the person is suspected of something
residual
surveillance
civil
erode
32. A specific act that breaks the law
concentrated
offense
erode
bureaucratic
33. To make something less effective than usual
election
impair
intentionally
policy
34. Someone who - in the opinion of the police - might have committed a certain crime
assail
suspect
witness
condemn
35. Powerful
potent
witness
erode
misconception
36. In a style that is not normal and is offensive to many
grotesque
witness
objectively
deviant
37. To make a guess - the correctness of which will eventually be investigated systematically
hypothesize
villainy
candidate
advocate
38. In a quiet - hard-to-notice way
residual
peer
detain
subtly
39. A difficult situation - one that is hard to get out of
policy
impair
predicament
cartel
40. To bring into public office; to start formally
authority
tolerate
modify
inaugurate
41. Against
coalition
authority
versus
evidence
42. Left behind after most of a thing has gone
impair
residual
election
deviant
43. To avoid getting upset about something
tolerate
peer
intentionally
advocate
44. Make small changes in order to get a certain result
condemn
abduction
witness
modify
45. To twist or misrepresent; to make something seem different from what it really is
objectively
prevalent
distort
bribery
46. In a way that brings an unwanted person or thing into someone else's affairs
smuggle
concentrated
intrusively
potent
47. A process in which people choose officials
hypothesize
inaugurate
election
misconception
48. Extremely unattractive - in a way that catches a lot of attention
guilty
grotesque
predicament
analyze
49. A group of several different groups or countries that are working together to achieve a certain goal
candidate
contrary
evidence
coalition
50. To attack or criticize forcefully
coerce
accuse
assail
guilty