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Police Acad. Vocab
Police Academy vocabulary portion
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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