Mesquite Police Department Entrance Exam
circumspect - -Wary and unwilling to take risk.
-Inhibit - -Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
-Differentiate - -Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.
-Ameliorate - -Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
-Onerous - -(Of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty
that is oppressively burdensome.
-Honoraria - -A payment given for professional services that are rendered nominally
without charge.
-Illegible - -Not clear enough to be read.
-Meelee - -A confused, skirmish, or scuffle.
-Affray - -An instance of fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace.
-Sanctuary - -A place that provides safety or ptotection.
-Immunity - -A condition of being able to resist a particular disease, especially through
preventing development
-Castigate - -Reprimand (someone) severely.
-Detriment - -The state of being harmed or damaged.
-Precipitate - -Cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to
happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.
-Adverse - -Preventing success or development; harmful; favorable.
-Remonstrate - -make a forcefully reproachful protest.
-Facilitate - -Make (an action or process) easy or easier.
-Preponderance - -The quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
-Susceptible - -Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
-Prevalent - -Widespread in a particular area at a particular time.
circumspect - -Wary and unwilling to take risk.
-Inhibit - -Hinder, restrain, or prevent (an action or process).
-Differentiate - -Recognize or ascertain what makes (someone or something) different.
-Ameliorate - -Make (something bad or unsatisfactory) better.
-Onerous - -(Of a task, duty, or responsibility) involving an amount of effort and difficulty
that is oppressively burdensome.
-Honoraria - -A payment given for professional services that are rendered nominally
without charge.
-Illegible - -Not clear enough to be read.
-Meelee - -A confused, skirmish, or scuffle.
-Affray - -An instance of fighting in a public place that disturbs the peace.
-Sanctuary - -A place that provides safety or ptotection.
-Immunity - -A condition of being able to resist a particular disease, especially through
preventing development
-Castigate - -Reprimand (someone) severely.
-Detriment - -The state of being harmed or damaged.
-Precipitate - -Cause (an event or situation, typically one that is bad or undesirable) to
happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely.
-Adverse - -Preventing success or development; harmful; favorable.
-Remonstrate - -make a forcefully reproachful protest.
-Facilitate - -Make (an action or process) easy or easier.
-Preponderance - -The quality or fact of being greater in number, quantity, or importance.
-Susceptible - -Likely or liable to be influenced or harmed by a particular thing.
-Prevalent - -Widespread in a particular area at a particular time.
