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Police Acad. Vocab
Police Academy vocabulary portion
Question | Answer |
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Abandoned | deserted |
Absolutely | positively |
Accident | an event occurring by chance or unintentionally |
Accommodate | adapt, adjust |
Accomplice | an associate in crime |
Accomplish | achieve, perform |
Accost | to approach and speak of |
Acquaintance | a person one has knowledge of |
Addict | to devote oneself to something in excess |
Admissible | allowable |
Advise | counsel |
Allegedly | stated as a fact without proof |
Ambulance | a vehicle equipped for carrying the injured or sick |
Amphetamine | drug that stimulates the nervous system |
Anonymous | of unknown origin |
Apparent | visible, evident, obvious, seeming |
Appeal | to take steps to have a case reheard in a higher court |
Appreciate | to be grateful for |
Appropriate | suitable |
Arrest | to take into legal custody |
Assault | a violent attack |
Assistance | help, aid |
Attempted | tried |
Attendance | the number of persons present |
Attorney | a legal agent qualified to act for a person in legal proceedings |
Auxiliary | providing help |
Available | accessible for use; at hand; usable |
Barbiturate | drug used as a sedative or hypnotic |
Behavior | personal conduct |
Belligerent | waging war |
Beneath | below, under |
Beneficial | helpful |
Boundaries | borders |
Bureau | an administrative unit |
Burglar | a person who forces entry into a building with intent to steal |
Business | commercial enterprise or industry |
CADET | a student in a service academy |
Canceled | deleted, remove |
Certificate | a document testifying to the truth of a fact |
Chauffeur | a person employed to drive an automobil |
Chronological | arrangement of events in the order of their occurrence |
Citizen | an inhabitant of a city or town |
Civil | of or relating to citizens or to the state as a political body |
Civilian | a person not on active duty in a military, police, or fire fighting force |
Collision | to come together with a solid impact |
Command | order |
Commendation | praise |
Complainant | person making a formal accusation |
Compliment | a flattering remark |
Comprehensive | inclusive |
Conclusion | outcome, result |
Conduct | guide, escort |
Confession | acknowledgement of guilt |
Confidential | secret, private |
Consciousness | aware, mentally awake or alert |
Conspicuous | attracting attention |
Cooperation | to act jointly with another or others |
Coordinate | to work or act together harmoniously |
Corporal | an officer ranking next below a sergeant |
Counsel | advise, recommend |
Courtesy | politeness |
Crime | a serious offense against the public law |
Criminal | one who has committed a crime |
Criticize | to evaluate, find fault |
Custody | immediate care or charge |
Damage | loss or harm due to injury to persons, property or reputation |
Deceased | dead |
Defendant | person required to make answer in a legal action or suit |
Delinquent | offending by violation of law |
Demeanor | conduct, bearing |
Demonstrate | to prove or make clear by reasoning or evidence |
Department | a functional division as of government |
Deposition | testimony |
Description | an account of something |
Designate | indicate, specify |
Detain | to hold in or as if in custody |
Detective | a person employed in discovering lawbreakers or getting information that is not readily accessible |
Detention | confinement, a period of temporary custody prior to court action |
Device | scheme, stratagem |
Different | unlike, dissimilar |
Disabled | to disqualify legally |
Disaster | a sudden or great misfortune |
Discipline | to bring under control, to impose order upon |
Discussed | talked about |
Dismissed | refused further judicial hearing or consideration to |
Disobedience | neglect or refusal to obey |
Dispatcher | sends public safety employees on official business with promptness or speed |
Distribute | deliver |
District | a fixed territorial division |
Division | one of the parts into which a whole is divided |
Domestic | of or relating to the household or the family |
Drunkenness | a state resulting from the excessive use of alcohol |
Effect | result |
Efficient | productive of desired effects, especially without loss or waste; competent |
Eligibility | qualified to participate or be chosen |
Emergency | an unforeseen happening or state of affairs requiring prompt action |
Encounter | to meet as an enemy, fight |
Equipment | material necessities such as tools, gear, provision or furnishings |
Escape | to get away |
Especially | specially, particularly |
Essential | of the utmost importance, indispensable |
Evaluate | appraise, value |
Eviction | to put a person out from a property by legal process |
Evidence | proof, testimony |
Evident | clear to the vision and understanding, obvious apparent, plain |
Exonerate | to free from blame |
Explosive | tending to react violently |
Express | to make known, show, state |
Extradition | a surrendering of an alleged criminal to a different jurisdiction for trial |
Fatally | mortal, deadly, disastrous |
Forcible | obtained or done by violence |
Fugitive | one who flees or tries to escape |
Fundamentally | primary, basic, essential |
Gambling | to play a game for money or other stakes |
Gratify | to afford pleasure to |
Gratitude | thankfulness |
Guard | one who supervises prisoners |
Habitual | customary |
Hallucination | perception of unreal objects or events, usually due to use of drugs or disorder of the nervous system |
Handicapped | at a disadvantage |
Hazardous | a source of danger |
Heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil |
Hereditary | passing by inheritance |
Heroin | an addictive narcotic drug made from morphine |
Homicide | a killing of one human being by another |
Hysterical | uncontrollable fear or emotion |
Ignite | to set afire or catch fire |
Ignorance | lack of knowledge |
Illegal | not lawful |
Illegible | not capable of being read, unclear |
Illicit | not permitted, unlawful |
Illiterate | having little or no education, especially unable to read or write |
Illness | sickness |
Imitation | copy, counterfeit |
Immature | lacking complete development |
Immediately | done at once |
Immobilize | to make incapable of being moved |
Immune | exempt, having a special capacity for resistance |
Impact | a forceful contact or collision effect |
Impede | to interfere with the progress of |
Imperative | urgent |
Implement | to carry out, fulfill |
Implicate | imply, involve |
Incarcerate | imprison, confine |
Incidents | a definite, distinct occurrence; an event |
Incompetent | lacking sufficient knowledge, skill, strength, or ability |
Increase | to become greater, grow |
Indictment | to charge with an offense |
Indispensable | absolutely essential, requisite |
Influence | sway, modify |
Information | knowledge of a specific event or situation |
Initially | at the very beginning |
Initiate | start, begin |
Innocent | blameless |
Inquiry | a request for information |
Insanity | not mentally sound, mad |
Insignia | badge, emblem |
Intercept | to stop or interrupt the progress or course of |
Interrogate | to question, especially formally and systematically, ask |
Intoxicated | drunk |
Investigate | to observe or study by close examination and systematic inquiry |
Irrelevant | not applicable |
Irresistible | impossible to successfully resist |
Itemize | to set down in detail, list |
Jeopardy | exposure to death, loss or injury |
Jurisdiction | the limits or territory within which authority may be exercised |
Justifiable | proven to be just, right or reasonable |
Juvenile | of, relating to, or characteristic of children or young people |
Kidnap | to carry a person away by unlawful force or by fraud and against his will |
Knowledge | something learned and kept in the mind |
Lacerate | to tear roughly |
Larceny | theft |
Latent | present but not visible or active |
Legibility | capable of being read, clear |
Legitimate | lawful |
Leniency | of mild and tolerant disposition or effect |
License | a document, plate or tag evidencing a license granted |
Lieutenant | an officer ranking above sergeant and below captain |
Liquor | distilled alcoholic beverage |
Logical | sound reasoning |
Maim | mutilate, disfigure or wound seriously |
Maintenance | |
Malfunction | to fail to operate in the normal or usual manner |
Malpractice | a dereliction of professional duty or a failure of professional skill that results in injury, loss or damage |
Mandatory | obligatory, containing or constituting a command |
Maniac | lunatic, madman |
Manner | a characteristic or customary mode of acting |
Marijuana | an intoxicating drug obtained from the hemp plant and smoked in cigarettes |
Medicinal | tending or used to relieve or cure disease or pain |
Memorandum | a written reminder |
Merchandise | the goods bought and sold in a business |
Mileage | distance in miles traveled |
Misconduct | intentional wrongdoing, improper behavior |
Misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony |
Mistrial | a trial that has no legal effect, as by reason of an error |
Monetary | of or relating to money |
Morale | morality, the mental and emotional attitudes of an individual to the tasks expected of him |
Morgue | a place where the bodies of persons found dead are kept until released for burial |
Mutinous | willful refusal to obey constituted authority, especially revolt against |
Mysterious | something not understood or beyond understanding |
Narcotic | a drug that dulls the senses and induces sleep |
Necessary | positively needed |
Neglected | disregarded, left undone or unattended, especially through carelessness |
Neighborhood | the section lived in by people located near one another, and usually having distinguishing characteristics |
Nicotine | a poisonous substance found in tobacco and used as an insecticide |
Nondescript | not belonging to any particular class or kind |
Nuisance | an annoying or troublesome person or thing |
Obituary | a notice of a person’s death |
Objection | to oppose something, protest |
Obligation | duty |
Obscene | repulsive, gross, coarse |
Obsolete | outmoded, no longer in use |
Obstacle | something that stands in the way or opposes |
Obstruction | the state of being blocked by an obstacle, hindrance |
Occasion | a special event |
Offense | crime |
Officially | formally |
Omission | to leave out or leave unmentioned, neglect |
Opinion | judgement |
Opium | an addictive narcotic drug that is the dried juice of a poppy |
Opponent | one that resists, adversary |
Oppose | to strive against, resist |
Optional | something offered for choice |
Ordeal | a severe trial or experience |
Ordinary | usual, to be expected |
Origin | ancestry, cause |
Orphan | a child deprived by death of one or usually both parents |
Overtake | to catch up with |
Panic | a sudden, overpowering fright, terror, fear |
Pardon | excuse of an offense without penalty |
Partial | biased |
Particular | of or relating to a specific person or thing |
Pathetic | evoking tenderness, pity or sorrow |
Patience | the practice, habit or fact of bearing pain or trials without complaint |
Patients | persons under medical treatment |
Patrol | the action of going the rounds for observation or the maintenance of security |
Peaceable | a state of calm and quiet |
Peculiar | belonging exclusively to one person or group, distinctive, queer, odd |
Penalize | to be punished for crime or offense |
Penetrate | to enter into |
Penitentiary | a state or federal prison |
Periodic | occurring at regular intervals of time |
Perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath to tell the truth, false swearing |
Perpetrate | to be guilty of, commit |
Perseverance | to persist |
Persistent | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of difficulties |
Personal | private |
Personnel | the body of persons employed by or active in an organization, business |
Persuade | to move by argument or entreaty to a belief or course of action |
Pertinent | relating to the matter under consideration, relevant |
Perverted | turned away from what is right or good, corrupted |
Petition | an earnest request, entreaty |
Pharmacy | drugstore |
Placard | poster, an announcement posted in a public place |
Placate | to soothe, especially by concessions, appease |
Plaintiff | the complaining party in a lawsuit |
Plight | condition, state, especially a bad state |
Polygraph | an instrument for recording variations of several different pulsations |
Pornography | the depiction of erotic behavior designed primarily to cause sexual excitement |
Possession | control of property |
Possible | being within the limits of ability, capacity or realization |
Precaution | a measure taken beforehand to prevent harm |
Precinct | an administrative subdivision, district |
Precise | definite, exact |
Predicament | a difficult or trying situation |
Prejudice | an opinion for or against something without adequate basis |
Preliminary | something that precedes or introduces the main business or event |
Presumptuous | taking liberties, overbold |
Prohibit | to prevent from doing something |
Punctual | prompt |
Punishment | penalty |
Pursuing | chasing |
Qualification | imitation, modification |
Quash | to set aside by judicial action, void |
Quell | to put down, crush |
Query | question |
Rampant | unchecked in growth or spread, rife |
Ransack | to search thoroughly, especially to rob |
Ratified | approved and accepted formally |
Reasonable | moderate, fair |
Rebuttal | the act of refuting, especially formally, by evidence and arguments |
Receive | to take or acquire |
Receptacle | container |
Recognize | to identify as previously known |
Recommend | to present as deserving of acceptance or trial |
Rectify | correct |
Recurrence | to occur or appear again, especially after an interval |
Regression | reversion to an earlier mental or behavioral level |
Regulate | control |
Reinforce | to strengthen with new force, aid, material or support |
Relentless | mercilessly hard or harsh |
Relevant | bearing upon the matter at hand |
Relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from, abandon |
Rendezvous | a meeting in an appointed place |
Representative | a typical example of a group, class or quality |
Reprimand | a severe or formal reproof |
Repulse | rebuff, rejection |
Reputation | overall quality or character as seen or judged by people in general |
Requisition | formal application or demand |
Residence | dwelling |
Resistance | opposition |
Responsible | reliable, trustworthy |
Restraint | the state of being limited, restricted or kept under control |
Restriction | something that limits |
Resuscitate | to revive from a condition resembling death |
Retribution | punishment, revenge |
Revenge | to inflict harm or injury in return for a wrong, avenge |
Robbery | the theft of something from a person by the use of violence or a threat |
Ruptured | broken or torn apart |
Ruthless | having no pity, merciless, cruel |
Salvage | to rescue from destruction |
Saturate | to soak thorough |
Screech | shriek |
Security | safety, freedom from worry, protection |
Seize | take possession of by force, arrest |
Severity | marked by strictness or sternness |
Significant | important |
Similar | like, comparable |
Simplify | make less complex |
Situation | condition, circumstances |
Smoldering | to burn and smoke without flame |
Solicit | entreat, beg |
Solitary | lonely, secluded, sole, only |
Spontaneous | done or produced freely, naturally and without constraint |
Statutory | lawful |
Stimulate | to make active |
Strive | labor hard, to make effort, attempt |
Substantiate | verify, prove |
Sufficient | adequate to accomplish a purpose or meet a need |
Suicide | the act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself |
Summons | to call to a meeting or order to appear in court |
Superficial | of or relating to the surface or appearance only |
Suppress | subdue, keep from being known |
Surveillance | close watch, supervision |
Suspect | one who is imagined to be guilty without proof |
Suspicion | |
Sympathizer | one who feels or shows compassion, pity, favor or support |
Systematic | regular method or order |
Tactic | a device for accomplishing an end |
Tactical | of or pertaining to tactics |
Tampering | to carry on underhand negotiations; to interfere so as to weaken or change for the worse |
Technical | of or pertaining to tactics |
Temperamental | excessive sensitiveness or irritability |
Tendency | drift, trend |
Termination | conclusion, finish |
Terminology | the special terms used in a business, art, science or special subject |
Testify | to make a statement based on personal knowledge or belief |
Testimony | a solemn declaration made by a witness under oath, especially in a court of law |
Theory | a believable general principle offered to explain observed facts, hypothesis, guess |
Thoroughfare | a public road or street |
Threshold | the sill of a door |
Tolerate | to allow to be or be done without hindrance |
Torment | to cause severe suffering of body or mind, harass |
Toxic | poisonous |
Tragedy | a disastrous event, misfortune |
Transaction | an act or process of carrying out, performing, conducting, especially a business deal |
Transcribe | to write a copy of |
Transient | passing through a place with only a brief stay |
Transparent | clear enough to see through |
Treacherous | untrustworthy, unreliable |
Turmoil | an extremely confused or agitated condition |
Ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown, hidden |
Ultimatum | a final proposition, condition or demand |
Unanimous | being of one mind, agreeing |
Unavoidable | inevitable, unable to keep away from or prevent |
Unconscious | deprived of awareness |
Understand | to grasp the meaning of, comprehend |
Uniformity | the state of having the same manner, form or degree |
Unique | being the only one of its kind, single, sole |
Universal | present or occurring everywhere, unlimited, general |
Unusual | uncommon, rare |
Urgent | calling for immediate attention, pressing |
Urinalysis | analysis of urine, usually for medical purposes |
Usually | commonly or frequently encountered, experienced, observed or used |
Utilize | to make use of |
Vagabond | wandering, homeless |
Vagrant | one who wanders idly with no residence and no visible means of support |
Vague | not clear, not definite or exact |
Valid | having legal force |
Vandalism | willful or malicious destruction or defacement of public or private property |
Variation | a change in form, position or condition |
Velocity | speed, quickness of motion |
Vengeance | punishment inflicted in retaliation for an injury or offense, retribution |
Venomous | poisonous, spiteful, malicious |
Venue | the place in which the alleged events from which a legal action arises took place; also the place from which the jury is taken and where the trial is held |
Verification | to establish the truth, accuracy or reality of |
Vestibule | a passage or room between the outer door and the interior of a building |
Vicinity | nearness, neighborhood, a surrounding area |
Victim | a person cheated, fooled, injured or killed |
Vigilance | the state of being alertly watchful, especially to avoid danger |
Vigorously | carried out forcefully and energetically |
Vindicate | to set free from an obligation or consequences of guilt, avenge, absolve, exonerate |
Violence | exertion of physical force so as to injure or abuse |
Visible | capable of being seen, apparent |
Vocabulary | a list or collection of words usually alphabetically arranged and defined or explained |
Voluntarily | done, made or given freely and without compulsion |
Voucher | a written authorization |
Vulgarity | an instance of coarseness of manners or language |
Vulnerable | capable of being wounded, open to attack |
Wandering | to move about aimlessly or without a fixed course or goal |
Warehouse | place for the storage of merchandise |
Warrant | evidence of authorization, especially a legal writ authorizing an officer to take action |
Weapon | something (as a gun, knife or club) that may be used to fight with |
Whimpering | to make a low whining, plaintive or broken sound |
Whispering | to speak very low or under the breath |
Wicked | evil, sinful, morally bad |
Withdraw | to take back or away |
Witness | testimony; one that gives evidence, especially one who testifies in a cause or before a court |
Worry | to feel or express great care or anxiety, fret |
Worthless | valueless, useless |
Wreckage | ruin, broken remains |
Yield | to give way |
Youngster | child |
Youthful | being young and not yet mature, fresh |
Zeal | eager and ardent interest in the pursuit of something, enthusiasm, passion, fervor |
Zest | a quality of enhancing enjoyment, relish, gusto |
Zone | an area or region set off or distinguished in some way from adjoining parts |