Spelling List Flashcards
Abduction
the action of carrying off (as a person) by force
Abrasion
a wearing, grinding, or rubbing away by friction
Abusive
characterized by wrong or improper use or action
Accelerate
to bring about at an earlier time; to cause to move faster
Accessory
a person not actually or constructively present but contributing as an assistant or instigator to the commission of an offense
Accompany
to go with as an associate or companion
Accomplice
one associated with another especially in wrongdoing
Accurate
free from error especially as the result of care
Acknowledge
to recognize the rights, authority, or status of
Acquaintance
a person whom one knows but who is not a particularly close friend
Affirmative
asserting that the fact is so
Aggravated
to make worse, more serious, or more severe : intensify unpleasantly
Alleged
asserted to be true or to exist
Ambulance
a vehicle equipped for transporting the injured or sick
Amphetamine
a racemic compound C9H13N or one of its derivatives
Anonymous
not named or identified
Apparent
clear or manifest to the understanding
Appropriate
especially suitable or compatible
Argument
a reason given in proof or rebuttal; quarrel; disagreement
Arrangement
the state of putting into a proper order or into a correct or suitable relationship
Assailant
to attack violently with blows or words
Assault
a violent physical or verbal attack
Assistance
the act of giving support or aid or the help supplied
Associate
to join as a partner, friend, or companion
Attribute
an inherent characteristic
Auxiliary
functioning in a subsidiary capacity
Barbiturate
any of various derivatives of barbituric acid used especially as sedatives, hypnotics, and antispasmodics
Barricade
a barrier or obstacle
Brandish
to shake or wave (as a weapon) menacingly
Burglary
the entering of a building with the intent to commit a crime
Business
a usually commercial or mercantile activity engaged in as a means of livelihood
Caliber
the diameter of a bullet or other projectile
Canvass
to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to determine opinions or sentiments
Capias
an arrest warrant
Casualty
serious or fatal accident
Chauffeur
one that transports others by operating a motor vehicle
Circumstances
a condition, fact, or event accompanying, conditioning, or determining another
Cocaine
a bitter crystalline alkaloid C17H21NO4 obtained from coca leaves that is used medically as a topical anesthetic and illicitly for its euphoric effects
Committed
to put into charge or trust
Communications
acts or instances of transmitting information
Community
a unified body of individuals
Complainant
the party who makes the complaint in a legal action or proceeding
Complexion
the hue or appearance of the skin and especially of the face
Confiscated
to seize as forfeited to the public treasury
Conspicuous
obvious to the eye or mind
Conspiracy
the act of joining in a secret agreement to do an unlawful or wrongful act
Contraband
goods or merchandise whose importation, exportation, or possession is forbidden
Corrective
intended to correct
Counsel
a policy or plan of action or behavior
Counterfeit
made in imitation of something else with intent to deceive
Courteous
marked by respect for and consideration of others
Criminal
relating to, involving, or being a crime
Deceased
a dead person
Deceptive
tending or having power to mislead
Defendant
a person required to make answer in a legal action or suit
Defensive
devoted to resisting or preventing aggression or attack
Delinquent
offending by neglect or violation of duty or of law
Description
discourse intended to give a mental image of something experienced
Discrepancy
the quality or state of being at variance
Disposition
final arrangement
Eligible
qualified to participate or be chosen
Embarrass
to place in doubt, perplexity, or difficulties
Embezzlement
to appropriate (as property entrusted to one’s care) fraudulently to one’s own use
Emergency
an unforeseen combination of circumstances or resulting state that calls for immediate action
Enforceable
to be given force to
Enticement
to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire
Envelope
a flat usually paper container
Equivalent
equal in force, amount, or value
Evidence
something that furnishes proof
Exaggerate
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth
Except
with the exclusion or exception of
Expedite
to execute promptly
Explosive
likely to erupt in or produce hostile reaction or violence
Extenuating
to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of by making partial excuses
Extortion
the act or practice of obtaining from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power
Extradite
to deliver up to the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge
Felonious
of, relating to, or having the nature of a grave crime formerly differing from a misdemeanor under English common law by involving forfeiture in addition to any other punishment
Fictitious
imaginary
Financial
relating to money or other liquid resources
Forcibly
effected by force used against opposition or resistance
Forgery
the crime of falsely and fraudulently making or altering a document
Fraudulent
characterized by, based on, or done by deceit
Fugitive
running away or intending flight
Government
the act or process of using authoritative direction or control
Gratuity
something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
Habitual
doing, practicing, or acting in some manner by force of habit
Hallucinate
to affect with visions or imaginary perceptions
Harass
to annoy persistently
Hazardous
involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
Heroin
a strongly physiologically addictive narcotic C21H23NO5 that is made by acetylation of but is more potent than morphine
Homicide
a killing of one human being by another
Hostage
a person taken by force to secure the taker’s demands
Immediately
without interval of time; straightaway
Incarcerate
to subject to confinement
Incoherent
lacking orderly continuity, arrangement, or relevance
Indecent
grossly unseemly or offensive to manners or morals
Inevitable
incapable of being avoided or evaded
Informant
a person who gives information
Inquiry
examination into facts or principles
Instrument
a means whereby something is achieved, performed, or furthered
