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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S9E20: English vocabulary

Season 9, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • whiffing

    Word

    moving or drifting out in small puffs or wisps

  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • preconception

    Word

    an idea or opinion you have before you know the facts

  • languid

    Word

    slow, relaxed, and lacking energy or enthusiasm

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • abhor

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    to feel strong dislike or hatred for something

  • spunk

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    courage, confidence, or determination

  • moonlit

    Word

    lit by the moon

  • solubility

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    the ability of a substance to dissolve in a liquid

  • semiotics

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    the study of signs and symbols and how people interpret them

  • contusion

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    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

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  • endearment

    Word

    a word or phrase used to show affection

  • disembodied

    Word

    seeming to exist without a body, especially as a voice or presence

  • slaver

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    to let saliva run out of the mouth

  • voracious

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    having a very strong desire for food or for something else

  • altruistic

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    showing care for other people and a willingness to help them, even at a cost to yourself

  • exhibitor

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    a person or company that shows products, art, or other items at an event

  • underwrite

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    to agree to pay for something, especially a project or loan

  • obligate

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    to make someone legally or morally required to do something

  • yeoman

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    in the past, a man who owned and worked a small farm or estate

  • carnal

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    relating to physical desire or sex

  • welcomer

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    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • dichotomy

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    a clear division or contrast between two opposite things

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  • exemplar

    Word

    a person or thing that is a very good example of something

  • oddity

    Word

    the quality of being strange or unusual

  • savor

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    to enjoy something very much by paying close attention to it

  • silvering

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    the process of turning silver in color

  • laceration

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    a deep cut or tear in the skin

  • larynx

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    the part of the throat that contains the vocal cords

  • puny

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    small, weak, and not very strong

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

  • murmuring

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    a soft, low, continuous sound

  • antiseptic

    Word

    a substance used to kill germs and help prevent infection

  • paralyze

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    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • iconography

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    the images and symbols used in a work of art, or the study of them

  • subvert

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    to weaken or destroy the power or authority of a system or institution

  • whiff

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    a brief smell that you notice for a moment

  • postulate

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    to suggest that something is true or should be accepted, especially as a basis for an argument

  • steadfast

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    firmly loyal or determined and not giving up

  • retractable

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    able to be pulled back inside something or folded away

  • boldness

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    the quality of being bold, confident, and willing to take risks

  • sneer

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    to make a mocking or contemptuous expression or sound

  • yoke

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    a wooden bar placed across the necks of two animals so they can pull a cart or plow together

  • aggressor

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    a person, group, or country that starts an attack or conflict

  • sentient

    Word

    able to feel and understand things

  • caress

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    a gentle, loving touch or stroke

  • conceit

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    too much pride in yourself

  • baboon

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    a large monkey with a long face, found in Africa and Arabia

  • seamstress

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    a woman who sews clothes, especially as a job

  • immorality

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    bad or wrong behavior, especially when judged by moral standards

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • swab

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    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • feral

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    wild and not tame, especially after living with people before

  • sinus

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    one of the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose and eyes

  • bolting

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    running away suddenly and quickly

  • oblivious

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    not noticing or not paying attention to what is happening around you

  • temps

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    short for a temporary worker

  • transcend

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    to go beyond what is usual, expected, or possible

  • rump

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    the back part of an animal's body, near the tail

  • couched

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    to express something in a particular way

  • suture

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    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • angular

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    having sharp corners or a lot of angles

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • murmur

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    a soft, quiet sound, especially of people speaking

  • stitching

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    the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

  • evener

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

  • complexion

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    the natural color and appearance of a person's face skin

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • concubine

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    a woman who lives with a man and has a lower legal or social status than his wife or wives

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • carver

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    a person who carves wood, stone, or another material

  • subdue

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    to bring something under control, especially by force or effort

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • hemorrhage

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    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • amphibian

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    an animal such as a frog, toad, salamander, or newt that can live both in water and on land

  • hypocrisy

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    the behavior of pretending to have beliefs or standards that your actions do not match

  • springing

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    moving with quick, light jumps

  • sling

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    to throw something with a quick, forceful motion

  • high treason

    Phrase

    the crime of betraying your country by trying to overthrow its government or help its enemies

  • planetary

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    relating to planets

  • piston

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    a part inside an engine or pump that moves back and forth in a tube

  • beaming

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    smiling broadly and showing happiness or excitement

  • vapor

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    a gas or mist, especially one that comes from a liquid

  • camper

    Word

    a person who goes camping

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • hard labor

    Phrase

    forced physical work as a punishment

  • cerebral hemorrhage

    Phrase

    bleeding inside the brain

  • affectionate

    Word

    showing affection and warmth

  • medical examiner

    Phrase

    a government official who examines deaths to determine the cause

  • fives

    Word

    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • bring it

    Phrase

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

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • subjective

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    based on personal feelings, opinions, or tastes rather than facts

  • complicate

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    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • nicking

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    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • frontal

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    relating to the front part of something

  • cerebral

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    relating to the brain or to thinking and intelligence

  • sic

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    used to show that a word or passage is copied exactly as it appears, even if it looks wrong

  • swear to God

    Phrase

    Used to strongly say that something is true or to emphasize that you are being honest

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