Legal Vocabulary Fill-in-the-Blank Quiz

An __________ is a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation before an authorized magistrate or officer.

• deposition

• affidavit

• effrontery

• qualm

The __________ is the person who brings a legal action against another.

• defendant

• plaintiff

• magistrate

• witness

If something is __________, it is extremely slight, gradual, or subtle.

• manifest

• imperceptible

• immaculate

• slovenly

To act __________ is to show respect and esteem due a superior or an elder.

• callously

• deferentially

• incredulously

• unperturbed

When someone is __________, they are muddled, stupefied, or confused.

• befuddled

• gulling

• effrontery

• probity

__________ is shameless boldness.

• probity

• effrontery

• qualm

• auger

An __________ room is spotlessly clean.

• immaculate

• slovenly

• manifest

• incredulously

A __________ is a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or decency.

• qualm

• gait

• deposition

• affidavit

__________ refers to honesty, integrity, and adherence to the highest principles and ideals.

• probity

• effrontery

• gulling

• callously

To act __________ is to show an insensitive and cruel disregard for others.

• deferentially

• callously

• incredulously

• unperturbed