TKAM Vocab 14-19

Question 1

Rankle

Answer 1

to cause anger irritation, or deep bitterness

Question 2

Disorderly conduct

Answer 2

an offence involving disturbance of the public peace and decency

Question 3

Convicted

Answer 3

to be found or proven guilty in a court of law

Question 4

Impudent

Answer 4

shameless or brazenly immodest

Question 5

Expunge

Answer 5

to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion

Question 6

Immaterial

Answer 6

of no essential consequence; irrelevant

Question 7

Induce

Answer 7

to lead or move by persuasion or influence

Question 8

Misdemeanor

Answer 8

a crime less serious than a felony such as vandalism

Question 9

Predicament

Answer 9

an unpleasantly difficult, perplexing, or dangerous situation

Question 10

Volition

Answer 10

the act of willing, choosing, or resolving

Question 11

Witness

Answer 11

one that gives evidence

Question 12

Testimony

Answer 12

a solemn declaration usually made orally by a witness under oath in response to interrogation by a lawyer or authorized public official

Question 13

Constructionist

Answer 13

one who interprets or construes a legal document

Question 14

Objection

Answer 14

a reason or argument presented in opposition

Question 15

Exodus

Answer 15

a mass departure

Question 16

Arid

Answer 16

dry; lacking interest or imaginativeness

Question 17

Neutrality

Answer 17

showing no bias or preference for either side in a conflict

Question 18

Mollify

Answer 18

to soothe in temper of disposition, to reduce in intensity

Question 19

Congenital

Answer 19

existing at or dating from birth

Question 20

Dogged

Answer 20

persistent in effort; stubbornly tenacious

Question 21

Tenet

Answer 21

a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true

Question 22

Glean

Answer 22

to gather information or material bit by bit

Question 23

Pantomime

Answer 23

conveyance of a story by bodily or facial movements especially in drama or dance

Question 24

Aggregation

Answer 24

a group, body, or mass composed of many distinct parts or individuals

Question 25

Litigant

Answer 25

one engaged in a lawsuit

Question 26

Unobtrusive

Answer 26

inconspicuous

Question 27

Controversy

Answer 27

a discussion marked especially by the expression of opposing views

Question 28

Solicitor

Answer 28

the chief law officer of a municipality, county, or government department

Question 29

Subpoena

Answer 29

a writ commanding a person designated in it to appear in court under a penalty for failure

Question 30

Akimbo

Answer 30

with hand on hip and elbow bent outward

Question 31

Prohibition – often capitalized

Answer 31

the forbidding by law of the manufacture transportation and sale of alcoholic liquors (in the U.S., such laws were in place from 1920 to 1933)

Question 32

Lurch

Answer 32

to move suddenly and without fluidity; stagger

Question 33

Affliction

Answer 33

a state of pain, distress, grief or misery

Question 34

Detractor

Answer 34

people who speak ill of a person, thing, or idea

Question 35

Acrimonious

Answer 35

caustic, stinging, or bitter in nature

Question 36

Carnal

Answer 36

relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites

Question 37

Uncouth

Answer 37

awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly; strange and ungraceful in appearance or form

Question 38

Ramshackle

Answer 38

appearing ready to collapse; carelessly or loosely constructed

Question 39

Succinct

Answer 39

expressed in few words

Question 40

Acquiescence

Answer 40

agreement or consent by silence or without objection; compliance

Question 41

Venerable

Answer 41

commanding respect because of great age or impressive dignity

Question 42

Criterion

Answer 42

(pl. criteria) a standard on which a judgement or decision may be based

Question 43

Begrudge

Answer 43

a : to envy or resent the pleasure or good fortune of someone
b : to be reluctant to give, grant or allow

Question 44

taut

Answer 44

a : tightly drawn, tense, no slack

b : emotionally or mentally strained

Question 45

Infallible

Answer 45

incapable of error

Question 46

Placid

Answer 46

serenely free of interruption or disturbance

Question 47

Defendant

Answer 47

a person required to make answer in a legal action or suit

Question 48

Reverent

Answer 48

deeply respectful