Using the words from the list below, choose the best word to com-
plete each of the following sentences.
- The international ____ will hear more testimony today
regarding the general’s wartime atrocities. - The evidence was sufficient to ____ her from the crime.
- The new district attorney refused to condone the mayor’s
____ behavior. - Catholics believe that going to confession gives them ____
from their sins. - The Athenian lawmaker Draco was known to ____ citizens for
the most minor offenses. - The ____ students were given two-week suspensions and
required to complete 20 hours of community service. - Edna ____ (ed) the children for not doing their homework.
- The ____ of the crime shocked even the most hardened
detectives. - The judge granted Mason a ____ when another man
confessed to the crime. - The worst ____ (s) are often those who appear to lead normal,
law-abiding lives.
absolution
castigate
chastise
exculpate
miscreantrecalcitrant
reprehensible
reprieve
tribunal
turpitude