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Criminal Minds S9E7: English vocabulary

Season 9, Episode 7CrimeDramaMystery

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  • garrote

    Word

    a wire or cord used to strangle someone

  • redouble

    Word

    to increase something greatly, especially effort or activity

  • dissociate

    Word

    to separate one thing from another, especially ideas, feelings, or yourself from a situation

  • smolder

    Word

    to burn slowly and give off smoke, but no flame

  • rafter

    Word

    a sloping beam that supports a roof

  • devolution

    Word

    the transfer of power from a central government to local or regional governments

  • unassuming

    Word

    modest and not trying to attract attention

  • transference

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    the act or process of moving something from one place, person, or thing to another

  • magnify

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    to make something look larger, especially with a lens or microscope

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • canvass

    Word

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • innocuous

    Word

    not harmful or offensive

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  • clouding

    Word

    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • playa

    Word

    a person who is good at attracting romantic or sexual partners

  • credential

    Word

    an official document or piece of information that proves who you are or shows your qualifications

  • infraction

    Word

    a small breaking of a law or rule

  • spout

    Word

    to send out liquid in a sudden flow or stream

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • psychosis

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    a serious mental illness that can cause a person to lose touch with reality

  • penchant

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    a strong liking for something, or a tendency to do something often

  • stalked

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    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • scrapbook

    Word

    a book with blank pages for pasting in photos, clippings, and other keepsakes

  • shamrock

    Word

    a small clover plant, used as a symbol of Ireland

  • sophistication

    Word

    the quality of being cultured, stylish, and knowledgeable

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • umbilical

    Word

    relating to the navel or the umbilical cord

  • alleyway

    Word

    a narrow passage between or behind buildings

  • factoring

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    the practice of selling unpaid bills to get money before they are paid

  • obsess

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

  • geographically

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    in a way that relates to geography or to the physical features of a place

  • bystander

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    a person who sees an event or situation but does not get involved

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • omelet

    Word

    a dish made by cooking beaten eggs in a pan, often with other ingredients

  • unravel

    Word

    to separate threads or fibers, or come apart into threads

  • psyche

    Word

    the mind or soul of a person

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • up the spout

    Phrase

    broken or not working

  • strangle

    Word

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

  • unheard

    Word

    not heard or not listened to

  • tanner

    Word

    a person whose job is to turn animal skins into leather

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • dynamo

    Word

    a machine that produces electricity from movement

  • erratic

    Word

    changing suddenly and unpredictably

  • namesake

    Word

    a person or thing that has the same name as another

  • live down

    Phrase

    to be unable to forget an embarrassing or unpleasant event

  • toasting

    Word

    the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • wrap around

    Phrase

    to move text automatically onto the next line when it reaches the end of a line

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • cut the cord

    Phrase

    to become independent from your parents

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • leverage

    Word

    the power or advantage you get from using something to help you achieve more

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • nicking

    Word

    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • arrogance

    Word

    too much pride in yourself and a belief that you are better than other people

  • rout

    Word

    a complete defeat in which one side is forced to run away in disorder

  • paternal

    Word

    relating to a father

  • collateral

    Word

    property or other valuable item used to secure a loan

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • contraction

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    the process of becoming smaller or shorter, or of squeezing together

  • desperation

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    a feeling of hopelessness, often when you think a situation cannot improve

  • scramble

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    to move or act quickly, but with difficulty or in a clumsy way

  • prodigy

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    a child or young person with an unusually high level of skill or talent

  • seduce

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    to persuade someone to have sex with you or do something they might not otherwise do

  • tonic

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    a drink or medicine that is meant to make you feel stronger or healthier

  • remorse

    Word

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

  • cabling

    Word

    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • stalk

    Word

    the main stem of a plant

  • pay the bills

    Phrase

    to earn enough money to cover your basic living expenses

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • parameter

    Word

    a value or limit that affects how something works or is measured

  • on second thought

    Phrase

    used when you change your mind after thinking again

  • memorize

    Word

    to learn something so well that you can say or write it from memory

  • same exact

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that two things are exactly the same

  • horribly

    Word

    to a very bad or unpleasant degree

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • big business

    Phrase

    Large companies and the economic power they have in society

  • Arnold Palmer

    Phrase

    a drink made with iced tea and lemonade

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • grad student

    Phrase

    a student who is studying for a graduate degree

  • feed off

    Phrase

    to get energy, excitement, or motivation from something or someone

  • cubic

    Word

    relating to a cube or to the measurement of volume in cubic units

  • perceive

    Word

    to notice or understand something, especially by using your senses

  • turn out

    Phrase

    to be found to be true, real, or the case

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • act on

    Phrase

    to act because of information, advice, or a rule

  • zoned

    Word

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

  • cut out

    Phrase

    cut out of a piece of material or paper

  • rubbing

    Word

    the act of rubbing something with your hand or a cloth

  • shuffle

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    to walk with short steps, dragging your feet a little

  • rein

    Word

    a long strap used to guide a horse while riding

  • sounding

    Word

    the act of measuring how deep water is

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • pharmaceutical

    Word

    relating to medicinal drugs and their preparation or use

  • lowering

    Word

    the act of making something lower or of becoming lower

  • medic

    Word

    a person trained to give emergency medical care

  • lettered

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    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • bad influence

    Phrase

    a person or thing that has a bad effect on someone and encourages bad behavior

  • don't ask

    Phrase

    used to say that something is too strange, embarrassing, or complicated to explain

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