WorksheetsJust Mercy Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 12mins
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
Dilapidated means:
made legally null and void.
lessening of something that causes suffering.
very small in size.
run down and in ruins as a result of neglect.
Perjury is defined as:
the act of being deprived of rights.
anything that clears someone of guilt.
plagiarizing.
lying under oath in court.
A written statement confirmed by oath and used as evidence in court is called an:
affidavit
impunity
internment
arcane
An antonym for egregious is:
horrible
wonderful
plain
quiet
During President Trump's presidency, the focus for House Democrats was __________________________ him as they called into question his integrity and Presidency.
clemency for
non-partisan
impeaching
lobbying for
The last Presidential election was nationally ___________________________, dividing our nation into sharply contrasting groups.
adjudicated
Certiorari
lauded
polarizing
A synonym for the legal system is:
jurisprudence
Habeus Corpus
Certiorari
mitigation
Which word pairs share the closest meaning?
titillated and adept
vexed and indignant
onerous and polarizing
Which of these is an example of recidivism?
A victim who gets revenge.
A person who has previously been in jail is rehabilitated and becomes a productive member of society.
A person who has previously been in jail for a crime commits another crime and is sent back to jail.
When two people are tried for a crime.
When studying, you probably noticed that words with the suffix -ion at the end (such as miscegenation, recantation, mitigation, and corroboration) are commonly:
adjectives
verbs
prepositions
nouns
