COURT INTERPRETER ACTUAL EXAM SCRIPT 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔exonerate - ✔✔to free from blame
✔✔candid - ✔✔(adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed
✔✔dissuade - ✔✔to persuade not to do something
✔✔meager - ✔✔Lacking in quantity or quality
✔✔Trite - ✔✔(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale
✔✔upbraid - ✔✔(v.) to blame, scold, find fault with
✔✔amerliorate - ✔✔to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
✔✔counteract - ✔✔to act in opposition to
✔✔heinous - ✔✔(adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful
✔✔abscond - ✔✔to run off and hide
✔✔convivial - ✔✔festive, sociable, having fun together, genia
✔✔menacing - ✔✔threatening
✔✔boisterous - ✔✔(adj.) rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high-spirited
✔✔armchair quarterback - ✔✔people who offer advice without expertise or involvement
✔✔red-light district - ✔✔a section of a city where prostitution is officially or unofficially
tolerated
✔✔thick-skinned - ✔✔not easily affected by criticism
✔✔barking up the wrong tree - ✔✔asking the wrong person
✔✔offed - ✔✔liquidated // killed
✔✔fancy footwork - ✔✔clever dance steps
✔✔hand in glove - ✔✔very close
, ✔✔second wind - ✔✔renewed energy
✔✔white as snow - ✔✔very white
✔✔spoiled rotten - ✔✔overindulged
✔✔the beau monde - ✔✔The fashionable world; high society
✔✔rains on our parades - ✔✔spoil things
✔✔dug her heels in - ✔✔was determined
✔✔two way street - ✔✔reciprocal
✔✔catch on - ✔✔understand
✔✔hit the spot - ✔✔was satisfying
✔✔to the T - ✔✔thoroughly
✔✔gave me the rain check - ✔✔promised the offer would be accepted later
✔✔skid row - ✔✔a sleazy part of town
✔✔under his breath - ✔✔whispering
✔✔wet the whistle - ✔✔have a drink
✔✔the cream of the crop - ✔✔the absolute best
✔✔use your noodle - ✔✔think
✔✔hit the nail on the head - ✔✔are exactly right
✔✔misdemeanor or a felony - ✔✔a wobbler is a crime that can be filed as a
✔✔skip bail - ✔✔doesn't show up to his/her hearings while on bail
✔✔state - ✔✔in a criminal trial, the burden of proof lies on the
✔✔a demurrer - ✔✔a demurrer is filed if the defense claims there are insufficient
grounds to justify a legal action
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔exonerate - ✔✔to free from blame
✔✔candid - ✔✔(adj.) frank, sincere; impartial; unposed
✔✔dissuade - ✔✔to persuade not to do something
✔✔meager - ✔✔Lacking in quantity or quality
✔✔Trite - ✔✔(adj.) commonplace; overused, stale
✔✔upbraid - ✔✔(v.) to blame, scold, find fault with
✔✔amerliorate - ✔✔to improve, make better, correct a flaw or shortcoming
✔✔counteract - ✔✔to act in opposition to
✔✔heinous - ✔✔(adj.) very wicked, offensive, hateful
✔✔abscond - ✔✔to run off and hide
✔✔convivial - ✔✔festive, sociable, having fun together, genia
✔✔menacing - ✔✔threatening
✔✔boisterous - ✔✔(adj.) rough and noisy in a cheerful way; high-spirited
✔✔armchair quarterback - ✔✔people who offer advice without expertise or involvement
✔✔red-light district - ✔✔a section of a city where prostitution is officially or unofficially
tolerated
✔✔thick-skinned - ✔✔not easily affected by criticism
✔✔barking up the wrong tree - ✔✔asking the wrong person
✔✔offed - ✔✔liquidated // killed
✔✔fancy footwork - ✔✔clever dance steps
✔✔hand in glove - ✔✔very close
, ✔✔second wind - ✔✔renewed energy
✔✔white as snow - ✔✔very white
✔✔spoiled rotten - ✔✔overindulged
✔✔the beau monde - ✔✔The fashionable world; high society
✔✔rains on our parades - ✔✔spoil things
✔✔dug her heels in - ✔✔was determined
✔✔two way street - ✔✔reciprocal
✔✔catch on - ✔✔understand
✔✔hit the spot - ✔✔was satisfying
✔✔to the T - ✔✔thoroughly
✔✔gave me the rain check - ✔✔promised the offer would be accepted later
✔✔skid row - ✔✔a sleazy part of town
✔✔under his breath - ✔✔whispering
✔✔wet the whistle - ✔✔have a drink
✔✔the cream of the crop - ✔✔the absolute best
✔✔use your noodle - ✔✔think
✔✔hit the nail on the head - ✔✔are exactly right
✔✔misdemeanor or a felony - ✔✔a wobbler is a crime that can be filed as a
✔✔skip bail - ✔✔doesn't show up to his/her hearings while on bail
✔✔state - ✔✔in a criminal trial, the burden of proof lies on the
✔✔a demurrer - ✔✔a demurrer is filed if the defense claims there are insufficient
grounds to justify a legal action
