Sem IV - Vocabulary Quiz 1

The report __________ her of all blame for the accident.

• absolved

• discharged

• liberated

• untethered

Answer explanation

absolve

verb

(especially in religion or law) to free someone from guilt, blame, or responsibility for something

The governor pointed an __________ finger at the legislature for failing to approve her budget.

• attacking

• accusing

• acerbic

• aggressive

Answer explanation

accuse

verb

to blame (someone) for something wrong or illegal : to say that someone is guilty of a fault or crime

Choose the incorrect option.

The police are investigating the case but they have not yet made any __________.

• seizures

• arrests

• assumptions

• revelations

Answer explanation

arrest

noun

the act of legally taking and keeping someone (such as a criminal) : the act of arresting someone

seizure

noun

property or assets that are taken away because they are illegal, or because the owner owes money

revelation

noun

the act of making something known that was secret, or a fact that is made known

__________ is a topic that may or may not have general significance, factual or legal, but that is of absolutely no relevance to the question or matter at hand.

• 'Redlining'

• 'Red herring'

• 'Replevin'

• 'Reversion'

Answer explanation

red herring

noun

fact, idea, or subject that takes people's attention away from the central point being considered

When pieces of broken glass were found in some of its food products, the company was held __________.

• eligible

• responsible

• accountable

• admissible

If the defendant is found to be 'not guilty', he is __________.

• released

• acquitted

• consoled

• excused

Answer explanation

acquit

verb

to decide officially in a law court that someone is not guilty of a particular crime

A __________ order is a court order which tells a defendant not to do something while the court is still making a decision.

• restraint

• restraining

• restrain

• restrained

After the __________ hearing the judge decided that it was not necessary to try the whole case.

• prepending

• preceding

• preliminary

• prefacing

Answer explanation

preliminary

adjective

coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it

Which of the following words means ‘in the future - from the production of this document on’?

• hereof

• hereafter

• hereby

• hereinafter

He was asked to give an undertaking to __________ from political activity.

• refrain

• quit

• abjure

• forgo

Answer explanation

refrain

verb

to avoid doing or stop yourself from doing something