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Chapter 6
| Term | Definition | MY ORIGINAL SENTENCE |
|---|---|---|
| Accosted | approached, , represented side by side | My friend accosted me for money. |
| Resist | strive against | The officer resisted bad decisions. |
| Oppression | hardship, Unjust | the South Africa oppressed the nonwhite population. |
| Apartheid | South Africa segregation | Nelson Mandela opposed Apartheid in South Africa. |
| Exonerated | exempt, not guilty | He is exonerated paying half of his taxes. |
| Injustice | Unfair, Inequity | The protesters strike against this injustice system. |
| Culpability | Guilt, blame | The killer deals with culpability. |
| Prosecutorial misconduct | Wrongful prosecution | His verdict is prosecutorial misconduct. |
| Incarceration | kept in prison | The incarceration rate has increased dramatically in England. |
| Unresolved | Not having been solved | It was 20 years for this unresolved case. |
| Regulations | Rules, laws | This administration came with new regulations on immigration. |
| Controversial | Dispute, Debate | The last election is a controversial in US. |
| Heinous | hateful, Odious | He was guilty without any evidence to this heinous crime. |
| perpetrators | criminals, Evil act | The perpetrators of this heinous crime must be behind bars. |
| Accountability | Liable, Answerable | North Korea must be held accountable its nuclear weapons. |
| Correspondence | Communication by exchange of letters. | I will respond to this business correspondence. |
| Superficial | Relating to the surface | My superficial measurement are very complicated |
| Incident | Happening, Event | The new York incident was shocked to everyone. |
| Suspicious | Suspect, doubtful. | The police arrested the suspicious. |
| Scenario | Summary of the plot of play | He played big scenario in the movie. |