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Law & Order S19E20: English vocabulary

Season 19, Episode 20CrimeDrama

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  • medicate

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    to give someone medicine, or to treat a condition with medicine

  • disheveled

    Word

    untidy and messy, especially because hair or clothes are not neat

  • furtherance

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    the act of helping something develop or succeed

  • perpetrate

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    to commit a serious crime or other harmful act

  • toweling

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    a soft, absorbent fabric used for towels and bathrobes

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • misplace

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    to put something in the wrong place and then be unable to find it

  • gavel

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    a small hammer used by a judge or auctioneer to get attention or signal a decision

  • recur

    Word

    to happen again, especially regularly

  • scoff

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    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • complainant

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    a person who brings a formal complaint or legal case against someone

  • overrule

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    to use your authority to change or reject a decision

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  • eggshell

    Word

    the hard outer covering of an egg

  • docket

    Word

    a list of cases or matters to be dealt with in court

  • shafting

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    unfair treatment, especially when someone is cheated or badly treated

  • silvering

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    the process of turning silver in color

  • strapping

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    tall, strong, and healthy-looking

  • promiscuous

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    having many casual sexual relationships

  • vole

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    a small rodent that lives in fields and has a short tail

  • summation

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    the act of adding numbers or amounts together

  • crotch

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    the area between a person's legs where the legs join the body

  • pubic

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    relating to the area around the pubic bone or genitals

  • tarnish

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    to make something, especially a reputation, seem less good or less respected

  • conspire

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    to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful

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  • repaint

    Word

    to paint something again

  • conspirator

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    a person who secretly plans or helps plan a crime or other illegal act

  • exhale

    Word

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • subpoena

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    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

  • inhalation

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    the act of breathing in

  • honk

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    to make a loud, harsh sound with a horn or voice

  • heirloom

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    something valuable that has been passed down in a family for many years

  • elicit

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    to get a reaction, answer, or feeling from someone

  • remand

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    to send a case back to a lower court for further action

  • mediate

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    to help people in a disagreement reach an agreement

  • trespass

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    to enter land or property without permission

  • evener

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

  • deliberation

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    careful discussion before making a decision

  • meddle

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    to interfere in someone else's affairs when you are not wanted or needed

  • revoke

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    to officially cancel a law, decision, license, or agreement

  • pertinent

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    relevant to the subject being discussed

  • withhold

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    to deliberately not give something that someone expects or has a right to receive

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • teal

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    a dark blue-green color

  • smeared

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    covered with a messy layer of something that has been spread around

  • vacate

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    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • infer

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    to form an opinion or guess based on evidence

  • discouraging

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    making someone feel less hopeful or confident

  • deodorant

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    a product you put on your body to stop or reduce body odor

  • raving

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    showing strong enthusiasm or excitement

  • bipolar

    Word

    having two opposite parts, sides, or poles

  • stroking

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    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • chops

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    the sides of the face below the eyes

  • manic

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    showing very excited, restless, or out-of-control energy

  • confine

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    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • congratulation

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    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • platter

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    a large, flat dish used for serving food

  • off the deep end

    Phrase

    to become suddenly very angry or upset

  • smear campaign

    Phrase

    an organized effort to damage someone's reputation with false or misleading claims

  • break the story

    Phrase

    to be the first to report a news story

  • stricken

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    deeply affected by something bad or upsetting

  • coherent

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    clear and logical, so that ideas fit together well

  • commotion

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    a noisy, confused disturbance

  • anonymously

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    without revealing your identity

  • caretaker

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    a person who looks after a building or property

  • Big Brother

    Phrase

    a person or system that closely watches people and limits their privacy

  • realist

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    someone who sees things in a practical, realistic way

  • assassinate

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    to kill an important person, especially for political reasons

  • paling

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    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • run off at the mouth

    Phrase

    to talk too much in a rude or annoying way

  • reasonable doubt

    Phrase

    the level of doubt needed to avoid a guilty verdict

  • stabilize

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    to make something more steady and less likely to change suddenly

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

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    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • tumble

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    to fall suddenly, often in a messy or uncontrolled way

  • rapped

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    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • told you so

    Phrase

    a remark that shows you were right after someone else was wrong

  • burglary

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    the crime of getting into a building illegally in order to steal or commit another crime

  • stamping

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    the act of making a mark or design by pressing a stamp onto something

  • smear

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    a messy mark or streak made by a sticky or greasy substance

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • prosecute

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    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • pleading

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    showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

  • close up

    Phrase

    at a very short distance; with little space between things

  • number seven

    Phrase

    the batter who is scheduled to bat seventh in the batting order

  • remorse

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    a strong feeling of regret and guilt about something wrong you did

  • land on

    Phrase

    to reach a decision or agreement

  • scheming

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    making secret plans to get what you want, often in a dishonest way

  • walk on eggshells

    Phrase

    to be very careful not to upset someone who is easily annoyed or offended

  • side issue

    Phrase

    a topic or problem that is not directly related to the main one

  • reversal

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    a change to the opposite state, direction, or result

  • heartless

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    showing no kindness or sympathy

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • mailing

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    the sending of letters, packages, or other items by mail

  • insanity

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    a state of severe mental illness

  • redhead

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    a person with red hair

  • sniff

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    to breathe in through your nose noisily, especially to smell something

  • allegation

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    a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal, without proof

  • chuckle

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    to laugh quietly

  • iceberg

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    a large piece of ice floating in the sea, broken off from a glacier or ice sheet

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