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Vocabulary exercises

I. Match the words with their definitions

1. accusation

a) a member of the British nobility.

2. bishop

b) a priest with a high rank in some Christian religions, who is the head of all the churches and priests in a large area.

3. capacity

c) a special branch of a magistrates’ court which hears criminal cases against children and young people under 17 and deals with other matters relating to children.

4. custody

d) a statement saying that someone is guilty of a crime or of doing something wrong.

5. institution

e) an important system of organization in society that has existed for a long time.

6. juvenile court

f) legal possession, guardianship, or control.

7. Magistrates’ Court

g) one of the courts of law in each area of England and Wales which deal wigth less serious crimes.

8. official

h) someone who is in a position of authority in an organization.

9. peer

i) someone's ability to do something.

II. Match the verbs on the left with their corresponding definitions on the right

1. to abolish

a) to change a decision or result so that it becomes the opposite of what it was before.

2. to empower

b) to give a person or organization the legal right to do something.

3. to grant

c) to give someone something or allow them to have something that they have asked for.

4. to guide

d) to let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere.

5. to overturn

e) to officially end a law, system etc, especially one that has existed for a long time.

6. to release

f) to show someone the right way to do something, especially something difficult or complicated.

7. to suspect

g) to think that someone is probably guilty of a crime.

III. Match the words in column a with their synonyms in column b and antonyms in column c

A

B

C

Word

Synonym

Antonym

1. appointed

2a. culpable

3a. absolute

2. compulsory

2b. definite

3b. acquired

3. conditional

2c. illegal

3c. conditional

4. criminal

2d. inherent

3d. dismissed

5. guilty

2e. lengthy

3e. innocent

6. hereditary

2f. lesser

3f. lawful

7. limited

2g. nominated

3g. major

8. long

2h. obligatory

3h. mild

9. minor

2i. qualified

3i. ordinary

10. severe

2j. restricted

3j. short

11. special

2k. strict

3k. unlimited

12. unconditional

2l. unqualified

3l. voluntary