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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S26E17: English vocabulary

Season 26, Episode 17CrimeDramaMystery

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  • chargeable

    Word

    that you have to pay for

  • tacking

    Word

    the act of sailing a boat in a zigzag pattern to move against the wind

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • intercede

    Word

    to step in to help someone or settle a problem

  • mooned

    Word

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • rearer

    Word

    a person who breeds and cares for animals

  • veritable

    Word

    used to emphasize that something is real, extreme, or impressive

  • coerce

    Word

    to force someone to do something by using threats or pressure

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • duress

    Word

    pressure or threats that force someone to do something

  • continuance

    Word

    the fact of continuing to exist or happen

  • understatement

    Word

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

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  • criminally

    Word

    in a way that is extremely bad or excessive

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • vengeful

    Word

    having a strong desire to get revenge

  • undue

    Word

    too much, too strong, or not justified

  • unduly

    Word

    to a greater degree than is necessary or reasonable

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • milligram

    Word

    a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram

  • sinus

    Word

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

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • vendetta

    Word

    a long-running bitter feud or revenge between people or families

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  • prognosis

    Word

    a doctor's judgment about how a disease or injury is likely to develop

  • marquee

    Word

    a large tent used for a party, wedding, or other event

  • confiscate

    Word

    to take something away from someone using legal or official authority

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • compel

    Word

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

  • insistence

    Word

    the act of insisting on something, or the fact that someone keeps insisting

  • relive

    Word

    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • magically

    Word

    in a way that seems to happen by magic

  • bolster

    Word

    to support or strengthen something

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • voir dire

    Phrase

    the process of questioning and choosing jurors before a trial

  • horrific

    Word

    extremely shocking, violent, or upsetting

  • redirect

    Word

    to send something to a different place, person, or direction

  • done for

    Phrase

    in a situation where failure or disaster seems certain

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • juror

    Word

    a person who serves on a jury

  • reasonable doubt

    Phrase

    the level of doubt needed to avoid a guilty verdict

  • tracker

    Word

    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • ride with

    Phrase

    to spend time with someone or be part of their group

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • ample

    Word

    more than enough; plenty of something

  • stacking

    Word

    the act of putting things into a pile or piles

  • step down

    Phrase

    to resign from an important job or public position

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • contention

    Word

    a strong disagreement or argument

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • collateral

    Word

    property or other valuable item used to secure a loan

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • avalanche

    Word

    a large mass of snow, ice, and rock that falls down a mountain

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

  • hit with

    Phrase

    to tell someone something surprising or unpleasant, especially suddenly

  • sketchy

    Word

    looking or sounding a little suspicious or not fully trustworthy

  • get life

    Phrase

    A rude way of telling someone to stop being silly or annoying

  • compression

    Word

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

  • rattle

    Word

    a series of short, sharp sounds

  • no kidding

    Phrase

    used to show surprise, disbelief, or agreement that something is obvious

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • whack

    Word

    to hit something with a quick, hard blow

  • big mouth

    Phrase

    a person who talks too much, especially by saying things that should be kept private

  • sick and tired

    Phrase

    very annoyed or bored because something has been happening for too long

  • seeing as

    Phrase

    used to give a reason or explanation

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • go ahead with

    Phrase

    to continue with a plan or activity, especially after a delay or discussion

  • post up

    Phrase

    to stand or stay in one place for a while, often casually

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • unlawful

    Word

    not allowed by law

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • premature

    Word

    happening or done too early, before the right time

  • perpetrator

    Word

    a person who commits a harmful, illegal, or immoral act

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • falling out

    Phrase

    a quarrel that ends a friendship or makes a relationship worse

  • come along

    Phrase

    to appear or happen, especially by chance

  • accomplice

    Word

    a person who helps someone commit a crime or other bad act

  • dire

    Word

    very serious and worrying

  • felony

    Word

    a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • casually

    Word

    in a relaxed, informal, or not very serious way

  • lynch

    Word

    to kill someone illegally, especially by hanging, without a fair trial

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • armed robbery

    Phrase

    a robbery in which the thief has a weapon or threatens to use one

  • pant

    Word

    to breathe quickly and loudly, usually because you are tired or hot

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • tack

    Word

    a small sharp nail with a flat head, used for fastening things to a surface

  • shoot me

    Phrase

    a casual way to say you feel embarrassed, annoyed, or frustrated

  • disclose

    Word

    to make secret or new information known

  • navigate

    Word

    to find your way from one place to another

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • to be honest

    Phrase

    used to introduce a frank opinion or statement

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

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