Just Mercy Vocabulary

Clemency, which was granted to my uncle, means giving a pardon to a person convicted of a crime.

What type of context clue is used in the sentence above?

• synonym

• example

• definition

• antonym

All of these are synonyms for "nullifies", except:

• voids

• terminates

• invalidates

• continues

Which one of these is an antonym for adept:

• unskilled

• happy

• shallow

• very deep

When you can figure out the meaning of something (such as an unknown word) based on the situation being described, this is called:

• moratorium

• miscegenation

• synonyms

• inference

The teacher's proximity to me made it impossible to cheat.

Based on this sentence, the word proximity probably means:

• watchfulness

• far distance

• closeness

• hate

When someone is found guilty, but their jail sentence is commuted, it means that their punishment has:

• been reduced to one less severe.

• had them transferred to a different jail.

• earned them the death sentence.

• been forgiven.

When a false statement is made about someone, and it is unjustly harmful to his or her reputation, it is called:

• recantation

• peonage

• recidivism

• defamation

All of these are synonyms for livid, except:

• joyful

• furious

• irate

• angry

All of these are synonyms for vexed, except:

• annoyed

• frustrated

• pleased

• irritated

She kicked the bucket.

He passed away.

She broke wind.

They blew chunks.

These are all examples of:

• disenfranchisement

• euphemisms

• synonyms

• Habeus Corpus