UK demos 2011 :: vocabulary quiz

• attribute

1: say that one thing is the cause of another (or responsible for it)

• block

2: a line of police officers preventing entry to an area

• charge

3: an illegal act

• conviction

4: set up a tent

• cordon

5: officially accuse someone of committing a crime

• fee

6: a folded piece of paper with information on it

• filter

7: fly without moving forward

• hover

8: a barrier with small holes that allows things to pass through

• intimidation

9: prevent from moving forward

• kettle

10: a long, thin, light object (often of wood)

• leaflet

11: court judgment that someone is guilty of a crime

• march

12: person who gets something

• offence

13: take part in

• participate

14: amount of money demanded for some service

• pitch

15: walk in an organized way with a large number of people

• post-secondary

16: after high school

• recipient

17: something used to injure or kill (e.g. a gun or a knife)

• stick

18: behavior intended to frighten

• turnout

19: number of people who attend a meeting, a protest, etc

• weapon

20: police tactic of surrounding and immobilizing protesters