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Criminal Minds S3E7: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 7CrimeDramaMystery

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  • hospitalize

    Word

    to admit someone to a hospital for treatment

  • deputize

    Word

    to give someone official authority to act for you

  • tamale

    Word

    a Mexican food made of corn dough with a filling, wrapped and steamed in corn husks

  • topographical

    Word

    relating to the shape and physical features of an area of land

  • serf

    Word

    a peasant in the past who was tied to a lord's land and had to work for him

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • insubordination

    Word

    the act of refusing to obey authority or follow orders

  • carrion

    Word

    the dead flesh of an animal that is being eaten by other animals

  • postmark

    Word

    the mark stamped on a letter or package by the post office, showing where and when it was mailed

  • precipitate

    Word

    cause something bad to happen suddenly or earlier than expected

  • appendage

    Word

    a part or thing that is attached to something larger, often one that seems less important

  • servitude

    Word

    the state of being controlled by someone else, especially as a slave

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  • moratorium

    Word

    a temporary ban on an activity

  • caress

    Word

    a gentle, loving touch or stroke

  • fortify

    Word

    to make a place stronger and better protected against attack

  • oftentimes

    Word

    often; many times

  • stocky

    Word

    having a short, broad, and solid build

  • rifling

    Word

    the spiral grooves inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin

  • biceps

    Word

    the large muscle at the front of the upper arm

  • annihilate

    Word

    to destroy completely

  • submissive

    Word

    willing to obey other people and accept their control

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • workable

    Word

    practical and likely to work

  • racking

    Word

    causing a lot of pain or suffering

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  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • surveying

    Word

    the work of measuring land and recording its features, often for a map or building plan

  • mutilation

    Word

    the act of badly injuring or cutting off part of a body

  • meek

    Word

    quiet, gentle, and not willing to argue or fight back

  • evener

    Word

    something that makes a surface, line, or shape even or level

  • commendation

    Word

    praise or approval for something someone has done

  • fiancee

    Word

    a woman who is engaged to be married

  • separatist

    Word

    a person who wants a region or group to separate from a country or organization

  • brunette

    Word

    a woman or girl with dark brown hair

  • redundancy

    Word

    something extra that is not needed

  • dung

    Word

    animal waste used as fertilizer

  • chronology

    Word

    the order in which events happened

  • trooper

    Word

    a soldier in the cavalry or another military unit

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • relentless

    Word

    continuing without stopping or weakening

  • cleanliness

    Word

    the state of being clean and tidy

  • death star

    Phrase

    a powerful company or organization that seems threatening to smaller ones

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • capitalize

    Word

    to write a letter or word with a capital letter

  • refine

    Word

    to remove impurities from a substance

  • horrific

    Word

    extremely shocking, violent, or upsetting

  • apprehend

    Word

    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • linger

    Word

    to stay somewhere longer than needed, often because you do not want to leave

  • big ass

    Phrase

    Used to emphasize that something is very large

  • earthly

    Word

    relating to the earth or to life on earth

  • anguish

    Word

    severe mental suffering or great pain

  • dependable

    Word

    able to be trusted to do what is needed or expected

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • chauffeur

    Word

    a person whose job is to drive a private car for someone

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • wipe the slate clean

    Phrase

    to make a fresh start, especially by forgetting past disagreements

  • tread carefully

    Phrase

    to act very carefully in a difficult or sensitive situation

  • weaponry

    Word

    weapons considered as a group

  • hitch

    Word

    to fasten something to a hook, rope, chain, or strap

  • channeling

    Word

    the act of directing energy, money, or attention into something

  • trajectory

    Word

    the path that something moving through the air or space follows

  • caucasian

    Word

    a person from the Caucasus region

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • torso

    Word

    the main part of the human body, not including the head, arms, or legs

  • despise

    Word

    to hate or strongly dislike someone or something

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • invader

    Word

    a person, group, or animal that enters a place by force or without permission

  • manifesto

    Word

    a public statement of a group's aims or beliefs, especially in politics

  • abduction

    Word

    the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

  • tread

    Word

    to step or walk in a careful, heavy, or deliberate way

  • rest easy

    Phrase

    to stop worrying and feel calm

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • presume

    Word

    to think that something is probably true or will happen

  • in store

    Phrase

    likely to happen or be experienced

  • twig

    Word

    a small thin branch from a tree or bush

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • past life

    Phrase

    a time in the past in someone's life

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • persona

    Word

    the image or character that a person presents to other people

  • ghetto

    Word

    a poor area of a city where many people from a minority group live

  • drive off

    Phrase

    to force someone or something to leave by chasing or pushing them away

  • state trooper

    Phrase

    a police officer who works for a state police force

  • linger on

    Phrase

    to continue for a longer time than expected

  • weigh down

    Phrase

    to make someone or something feel heavier and harder to move

  • brawl

    Word

    a noisy, rough fight or argument

  • cartridge

    Word

    a container that holds ammunition or an explosive charge

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • come out with

    Phrase

    to say something suddenly or without thinking first

  • come along

    Phrase

    to appear or happen, especially by chance

  • narrow down

    Phrase

    to reduce the number of possibilities so something becomes more specific

  • wreckage

    Word

    the broken pieces left after something is badly damaged or destroyed

  • framing

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    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • dominance

    Word

    the state of being more powerful or important than others

  • face off

    Phrase

    to compete directly against someone or something

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