New Vocabulary Flashcards
What’s a felony?
A serious crime like rape or murder
What is a misdemeanor?
A less serious crime, less serious than a felony.
What does recognizance mean?
A legal promise made by someone before a court of law that must be kept to avoid being punished.
What does raze mean?
To destroy, or tear down.
What does pervade mean?
To spread through all parts of.
What does insinuate mean?
To introduce (an idea) gradually or in a subtle way.
What does laconic mean?
Using few words in speech or writing. Concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious.
What does irresolute mean?
Uncertain how to act or proceed.
What does itinerant mean?
Traveling from place to place.
What does parietal mean?
Wall of cavity or hollow organ.
What does berated mean?
To scold or condemn at length.
What does placated mean?
To soothe or mollify by concessions (appease).
What does conundrum mean?
Riddle whose answer involves a pun. Intricate or difficult problem.
What does clandestine mean?
Conduct or mark or hold something in secret.
What does flagrant mean?
Fiery hot or conspicuously (obviously) offensive.
What does covert mean?
Not openly shown. Covered Area.
What does fetter mean?
Something that confines. Chains or shackles for the feet.
What does contraindicate mean?
To make a treatment or procedure inadvisable (not wise).
What does comprise mean?
To include within a particular scope.
What does magnate mean?
A person of rank, power, influence, or distinction in a specified area.
What does palliate mean?
To reduce the pain without curing the underlying disease/illness.
What does boon mean?
Benefit or advantage
What does vex mean?
To bring trouble, distress, agitation.
What does vilify mean?
To say or write harsh and critical things about someone or something.
What does vindicate mean?
To set free.
What does venerate mean?
To honor with a ritual act of devotion.
What does coercion mean?
To restrain or dominate by force.
What does volition mean?
Act of making a choice or decision.
What does predilection mean?
Establish preference for something.
What does itinerant mean?
Traveling from place to place.
What does abet mean?
To assist or support (especially in crime).
What does abscond mean?
To depart secretly, avoid or hide oneself.
What does ductile mean?
Easily led or influenced.
What does perforate mean?
To make a hole through.
What does pedantic mean?
One who makes a show or knowledge.
What does malevolence mean?
To have or show vicious ill will, spite, or hatred.
What does declamation mean?
To say something in usually a loud and formal way.
What does insurgence mean?
The act of revolting against a civil authority or established government.
What does usury mean?
The lending of money with an interest charge for its use.
What does malignant mean?
Evil in nature, influence, or effect.
What does aloof mean?
To be removed or distant either physically or emotionally.
What does jesting mean?
Joking or mocking remark.
What does alleged mean?
Accused but not yet proven or convicted.
What is an affidavit?
A sworn statement.
What is probable cause?
The legal standard to justify an arrest.
What is a conviction?
Finding a person guilty of a crime.
What does indigent mean?
Lacking money, very poor.
What is pro se?
Defendant decides to represent themselves in the court of law without the help of an attorney.
What does propensity mean?
Indignation or natural interest.
What does augmentation mean?
To make larger, more numerous, more intense.
What does anathema mean?
Someone or something that is very strongly disliked.
What does abhorrence mean?
Something that is extremely disliked or distasteful.
What does armistice mean?
Ceasefire
What does preponderance mean?
A superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength.
What does prevalence mean?
Generality.
What does substantiate mean?
To show evidence
What does burgeoning mean?
Growing very quickly.
What does verdant mean?
Green in color
What does zephyr mean?
Breeze
What does Nefarious mean?
Flagrantly wicked.
What does villainous mean?
Befitting a villain - like a villainous act.
What does egregious mean?
Very bad or easily noticed.
What does bellicose mean?
Warlike - prone to start wars.
What does defunct mean?
No longer living, existing or functioning.
What does outmoded mean?
Out of style, no longer acceptable.
What does paucity mean?
Smallness in number, quantity.
What does incongruous mean?
Unsuitable, not in harmony.
What does hackney mean?
Lacking in freshness or originality.
What does loquacious mean?
Wordy - excessive talk. Verbose.
What does verbose mean?
Wordy.
What does allay mean?
To reduce in intensity.
What does pious mean?
Showing loyal reference to a person or thing.
What does flout mean?
To break or ignore a law without showing fear or shame.
What does arduous mean?
Hard to accomplish or achieve.
What does terse mean?
Short, elegant summary.
What does rebut mean?
To disprove by evidence or argument.
What does exonerate mean?
To relieve of a responsibility or obligation.
What is inculpatory evidence?
Evidence that tends to prove guilt.
What is exculpatory evidence?
Evidence favorable to the defendant in a criminal trial that exonerates the defendant of guilt.
What does allegation mean?
Statement that someone has done something wrong or illegal.
What is discovery?
Discovery is the finding out of evidence that the other side has.
What is Brady material?
Evidence that is favorable to the defendant on punishment or guilt. Example, evidence that there was another set of finger prints on a weapon that were not the defendants.
