Unit 10- Exercises

Question 1

Crimin

Answer 1

latin
“crime, charge of crime”
Words: decriminalize, incriminate, recrimination

Question 2

decriminalize

Answer 2

Verb
“To do away with legal penalties for”
-crimina

Question 3

Incriminate

Answer 3

verb
"to reveal guilt, or make someone feel guilty"
-crimina
Syn: implicate
Ant: Acquit

Question 4

Recrimination

Answer 4

Verb
“an accusation made in reply, a countercharge”
-Crimina
Syn: Rebuke

Question 5

Culp

Answer 5

Latin
To blame
Words: Culpable, culprit, mea culpa

Question 6

Culpable

Answer 6

Adj
"Deserving blame"
-culpa
Syn: liable
Ant: Blameless

Question 7

Culprit

Answer 7

Noun
“one responsible for a crime”
-culpa
Syn: perpetrator

Question 8

Mea Culpa

Answer 8

Interjection
“Statement uttered to show personal responsibility for a wrong”
-Culpa

Question 9

Onus/Oner

Answer 9

Noun
“a burden”
words: onus,onerous, exonerate

Question 10

Onus

Answer 10

Noun
“burden or obligation”
-onus
Syn: Duty

Question 11

Onerous

Answer 11

adj
"Unpleasent and burdensome"
-Oner
Syn: Demanding
Ant: Easy

Question 12

Exonerate

Answer 12

Verb
"To prove not guilty"
-Oner
Syn: Acquit
Ant: Condemn

Question 13

prob/prov

Answer 13

Latin
prove good, approve
Words: approbation, reprobate, reprove

Question 14

approbation

Answer 14

Noun
"praise or approval" 
-prob
Syn: Commendation 
Ant: condemnation

Question 15

reprobate

Answer 15

noun
“a bad, immoral person; a scoundrel”
-prob
Syn: Delinquent

Question 16

reprove

Answer 16

Verb
"to scold or criticize" 
-prob
syn: Chide
Ant: Praise