Unit 10 vocab review questions!

The prosecutor had the ( ) of proving the defendant guilty of the carjacking.

• onus

• exonerate

• approbation

• culprit

Our Neighborhood Watch might help catch the miserable ( ) who continue to vandalize and steal cars.

• reprobates

• onerous

• reproval

• mea culpa

There is a current push to ( ) some illegal substances.

• recrimination

• mea culpa

• exonerate

• decriminalize

Although he was not charged, John held himself ( ) for the accident that caused a fatality.

• incriminated

• reprobate

• culpable

• onus

Have the police found the ( ) behind the vandalism?

• mea culpa

• incriminate

• culprit

• onus

" " I told her, when she learned that there was no more milk in the fridge.

• reprobate

• mea culpa!

• culprit

• reprove

After the detective put the suspect at ease, she began to talk and finally

( ) herself.

• decriminalized

• culpable

• reproved

• incriminated

Dr. Smith's advancements in cancer research won him much ( ) from his colleagues.

• approbation

• reproval

• incrimination

• culprit

Mom gently ( ) me for taking my little brother's favorite toy.

• exonerated

• reproved

• decriminalized

• mea culpa

We should be able to stand up to the company that poisons our river without fear of ( ).

• culprits

• recrimination

• approbation

• incriminating