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Criminal Minds S7E6: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 6CrimeDramaMystery

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  • poignantly

    Word

    in a way that is moving and often sad

  • asphyxiate

    Word

    to stop someone from breathing, or make breathing very difficult

  • feeler

    Word

    a long thin part of an animal, such as a tentacle or antenna, used for feeling or exploring

  • reanimation

    Word

    the act of bringing someone or something back to life or consciousness

  • truancy

    Word

    the act of staying away from school without permission

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • sternum

    Word

    the bone in the center of the chest

  • incapacitate

    Word

    to make someone unable to function normally

  • shrubbery

    Word

    a group of shrubs planted together in a garden or park

  • resuscitate

    Word

    to bring someone back to consciousness or life, especially by medical treatment

  • postscript

    Word

    a short extra note added at the end of a letter or message

  • trachea

    Word

    the tube in your throat that carries air to your lungs

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  • submerge

    Word

    to put something under water or another liquid

  • hoodlum

    Word

    a person who commits crimes or behaves violently

  • resuscitation

    Word

    the process of bringing someone back to consciousness or life

  • understatement

    Word

    the act of making something seem less important or less serious than it really is

  • criminally

    Word

    in a way that is extremely bad or excessive

  • methodical

    Word

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

  • epilogue

    Word

    a short section at the end of a book or play that adds a final comment or shows what happens next

  • spout

    Word

    to send out liquid in a sudden flow or stream

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • clinically

    Word

    in a medical way, especially when examining or treating patients

  • angelic

    Word

    having the qualities of an angel, especially being very kind, gentle, or beautiful

  • remission

    Word

    a period when a disease gets better or is less active

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  • resourceful

    Word

    good at finding quick and clever ways to solve problems

  • conclusive

    Word

    so strong or clear that it settles a question or ends doubt

  • precede

    Word

    to happen or come before something else in time, order, or position

  • banter

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    friendly teasing or joking talk

  • evener

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

  • watery

    Word

    thin and weak because it has too much water

  • bitters

    Word

    a bitter liquid used in small amounts to flavor cocktails

  • brunette

    Word

    a woman or girl with dark brown hair

  • hoof

    Word

    the hard foot of an animal such as a horse, deer, or cow

  • shadowy

    Word

    dark, hard to see clearly, or partly hidden in shadow

  • obsess

    Word

    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • skied

    Word

    past tense of ski

  • canoeing

    Word

    the activity of traveling in a canoe using paddles

  • compel

    Word

    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • relive

    Word

    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • unravel

    Word

    to separate threads or fibers, or come apart into threads

  • come back from the dead

    Phrase

    to seem to return to life after being thought dead

  • juvenile hall

    Phrase

    a place where young offenders are kept

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • strangle

    Word

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

  • impulsive

    Word

    acting quickly without thinking about the results

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • camper

    Word

    a person who goes camping

  • end game

    Phrase

    the final stage of a process, especially a negotiation or competition

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • come to terms with

    Phrase

    to accept a difficult or painful situation and stop resisting it

  • waterway

    Word

    a river, canal, or other route that boats can travel on

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • imposing

    Word

    large, impressive, and often a little intimidating in appearance

  • nicking

    Word

    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • silhouette

    Word

    the dark outline or shape of someone or something seen against a lighter background

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • compile

    Word

    to make a list, report, or book by gathering information from different sources

  • abduction

    Word

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

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • wrong crowd

    Phrase

    a group of people who are likely to have a bad influence on someone

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • run out of gas

    Phrase

    to become very tired and unable to continue

  • compression

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    the process of making something smaller or tighter by pressing it together

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • hover

    Word

    to stay in one place in the air

  • expulsion

    Word

    the act of forcing someone to leave a school, organization, or country

  • water sport

    Phrase

    sports played on or in water

  • baptism

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    a Christian ceremony in which someone is baptized with water

  • diagnose

    Word

    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • consistency

    Word

    the quality of staying the same or happening in the same way over time

  • petty theft

    Phrase

    a small or minor theft

  • medical history

    Phrase

    a record of a person's past illnesses and treatment

  • thought out

    Phrase

    carefully planned or considered

  • indistinct

    Word

    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • enthusiast

    Word

    a person who is very interested in a particular activity or subject

  • phrasing

    Word

    the way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • party on

    Phrase

    to keep partying or having fun

  • shack

    Word

    a small, simple, roughly built house or shelter

  • inflammation

    Word

    swelling, redness, heat, and pain in part of the body, often caused by injury or infection

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • ping

    Word

    to send a quick message to someone

  • do not want

    Phrase

    used to say that you strongly dislike or reject something

  • navigate

    Word

    to find your way from one place to another

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • stint

    Word

    a short period of time spent doing a job or activity

  • injure

    Word

    to hurt someone’s body, especially in an accident or during sport

  • chatter

    Word

    to talk quickly and continuously, often about unimportant things

  • medic

    Word

    a person trained to give emergency medical care

  • als

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    used to say what role, job, or function someone or something has

  • forensic

    Word

    relating to the scientific study used in solving crimes

  • accelerate

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    to go faster

  • autopsy

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    a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

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