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Criminal Minds S5E20: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • gnarly

    Word

    difficult, rough, or dangerous

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • faze

    Word

    to upset or embarrass someone

  • portraiture

    Word

    the art or practice of making portraits

  • personalize

    Word

    to change something so it fits a person's needs or preferences

  • complainant

    Word

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

  • bloomer

    Word

    a person or thing that blooms, especially a plant that produces flowers

  • depravity

    Word

    extreme moral wickedness or corruption

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • surmount

    Word

    to overcome a difficulty or obstacle

  • clouding

    Word

    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • methodical

    Word

    careful and organized, with each step done in a planned way

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  • consummate

    Word

    showing great skill and polish; excellent

  • submissive

    Word

    willing to obey other people and accept their control

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • swab

    Word

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

  • inking

    Word

    the process of drawing or outlining with ink

  • gens

    Word

    a group of families in ancient Rome who claimed the same ancestor

  • gash

    Word

    a long, deep cut or wound

  • correlate

    Word

    to have a close relationship or connection with something, often so that one changes when the other changes

  • faxed

    Word

    to send something by fax

  • clipping

    Word

    a small piece cut off something

  • evener

    Word

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

  • meticulous

    Word

    very careful about small details and exactness

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  • teeny

    Word

    very small

  • incarceration

    Word

    the state of being kept in prison

  • fetish

    Word

    an object or idea that someone feels an unusually strong interest in or attraction to

  • exceedingly

    Word

    to a very great degree; extremely

  • chronological

    Word

    arranged in the order that things happened

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • possessive

    Word

    relating to a noun or pronoun form that shows possession or belonging

  • trooper

    Word

    a soldier in the cavalry or another military unit

  • compulsive

    Word

    done because of a strong, hard-to-control urge

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • strangle

    Word

    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • wooded

    Word

    covered with many trees

  • speculate

    Word

    to guess or form an opinion about something without enough evidence

  • elaborated

    Word

    to explain something in more detail

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • unbroken

    Word

    not broken, damaged, or interrupted

  • channeling

    Word

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

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • forearm

    Word

    the part of your arm between the elbow and the wrist

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • embryo

    Word

    a very early stage of a human or animal before birth or hatching

  • symbolize

    Word

    to represent or stand for something

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • inherent

    Word

    existing as a natural part of something

  • abduction

    Word

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

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

  • prolific

    Word

    producing a lot of work, ideas, or results

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • big one

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way of saying death

  • likeness

    Word

    a picture, statue, or description that looks like a person or thing

  • flashy

    Word

    bright, colorful, and designed to attract attention

  • no chance

    Phrase

    an informal way of saying that something is impossible or will definitely not happen

  • loose ends

    Phrase

    unfinished things that still need attention

  • good sort

    Phrase

    an informal way to describe a person who is pleasant and dependable

  • dispose

    Word

    to get rid of something

  • medical record

    Phrase

    an official file with details of a person's health, treatment, and medical history

  • loose end

    Phrase

    a small unfinished task or problem that still needs attention

  • leasing

    Word

    the act of renting something, especially a car or equipment, for a period of time

  • perish

    Word

    to die or be destroyed, especially in a sudden or tragic way

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • caught up

    Phrase

    involved in a situation, often without wanting to be

  • worked up

    Phrase

    very upset, angry, or excited

  • book in

    Phrase

    to arrange a time or appointment for someone

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • furry

    Word

    covered with fur or looking like fur

  • illustrator

    Word

    a person who creates drawings or pictures for books, magazines, or websites

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • dominance

    Word

    the state of being more powerful or important than others

  • flushing

    Word

    the act of becoming red in the face or skin

  • win big

    Phrase

    to win by a large margin or by a lot

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • catch up

    Phrase

    to find out the latest news or information after missing it for a while

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • stand by

    Phrase

    to wait and be ready to act when needed

  • tattoo artist

    Phrase

    a person whose job is to create tattoos on people

  • collared

    Word

    having a collar

  • narrowing

    Word

    the process of becoming narrower

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • staging

    Word

    the way a play, show, or event is arranged and presented

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • purity

    Word

    the quality of being clean, unmixed, or not contaminated

  • jog

    Word

    to run slowly and steadily, especially for exercise

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • file in

    Phrase

    to walk or move into a place in a single line, one after another

  • offender

    Word

    a person who has done something illegal or wrong

  • illustrate

    Word

    to make something easier to understand by giving an example, picture, or diagram

  • rosemary

    Word

    a herb with narrow, fragrant leaves used in cooking

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • humidity

    Word

    the amount of water vapor in the air

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