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NCIS S12E19: English vocabulary

Season 12, Episode 19CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • bleeder

    Word

    a person who bleeds easily or a lot

  • chomp

    Word

    to bite or chew something noisily and with force

  • bolo

    Word

    a long knife used in the Philippines for cutting plants or wood

  • stiletto

    Word

    a short dagger with a thin, pointed blade

  • scoff

    Word

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

  • pimping

    Word

    the crime of controlling a prostitute and taking money from their work

  • logger

    Word

    a person who cuts down trees for a living

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • dogged

    Word

    showing strong determination and persistence

  • canvass

    Word

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

  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

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  • pout

    Word

    to push your lips forward, often to show annoyance or to look flirtatious

  • ravage

    Word

    to cause serious damage to something

  • locator

    Word

    a device or system that helps find the location of something

  • coffeehouse

    Word

    a café where people go to drink coffee and talk

  • embed

    Word

    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • requisition

    Word

    to officially take and use something, especially property or supplies, for a particular purpose

  • mallard

    Word

    a wild duck with a green head, common in many parts of the world

  • lurk

    Word

    to stay hidden and wait for a chance to act

  • moot

    Word

    open to discussion; debatable

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • columbian

    Word

    relating to Colombia or its people, culture, or language

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • penciled

    Word

    written or marked lightly with a pencil

  • incursion

    Word

    a sudden short attack or movement into another place, especially across a border

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • hepatitis

    Word

    a disease that causes inflammation of the liver

  • vacate

    Word

    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • quits

    Word

    used in the phrase call it quits: to stop doing something or end a relationship or argument

  • smuggler

    Word

    a person who moves goods illegally across a border

  • groan

    Word

    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • forgery

    Word

    the crime of making a fake copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art

  • geez

    Word

    used to show surprise, annoyance, or frustration

  • motoring

    Word

    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • compel

    Word

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

  • eyeball

    Word

    the round part of the eye

  • detonate

    Word

    to make something explode

  • quadrant

    Word

    one of four equal parts of a circle or space

  • Hell no

    Phrase

    an emphatic, rude way of saying no

  • forget you

    Phrase

    an angry or dismissive way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you

  • anyways

    Word

    used in speech to mean “anyway” or “in any case,” often when changing the subject or continuing a point

  • emigrate

    Word

    to leave your own country to live in another one

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

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

  • tailing

    Word

    the act of following someone closely in order to watch them or spy on them

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • Big Brother

    Phrase

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

  • glare

    Word

    to look at someone or something with an angry, fixed stare

  • not done

    Phrase

    not acceptable in polite society; considered improper or rude

  • pimp

    Word

    a person who controls prostitutes and takes money from them

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • plea bargain

    Phrase

    an agreement in which a defendant pleads guilty to a less serious charge to avoid a trial

  • fiddle

    Word

    a violin, especially one used in folk music

  • cultivate

    Word

    to prepare land for growing crops or plants

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • abort

    Word

    to stop something before it is finished because of a problem

  • foggy

    Word

    full of fog

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • escort service

    Phrase

    a business that arranges paid companions for customers

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • retaliation

    Word

    harm done in return for harm received; revenge

  • operational

    Word

    working properly and ready to use

  • drug lord

    Phrase

    the leader of a criminal group that sells illegal drugs

  • scramble

    Word

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

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • pooling

    Word

    the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • pluto

    Word

    the smallest planet in the solar system, beyond Neptune

  • prostitution

    Word

    the practice of having sex with people in exchange for money

  • just like that

    Phrase

    suddenly and without warning

  • what are the odds

    Phrase

    used to show surprise that something unlikely has happened

  • chomp at the bit

    Phrase

    to feel very impatient and eager for something to happen

  • chuckle

    Word

    to laugh quietly

  • intestine

    Word

    the long tube in your body that takes food from the stomach and absorbs nutrients

  • no place

    Phrase

    used to say that something does not belong in a place or situation

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • the Bomb

    Phrase

    the first nuclear bomb ever made or used

  • freedom fighter

    Phrase

    a person who fights for a country's freedom or independence

  • scrape

    Word

    to rub or move something hard across a surface to remove dirt, paint, or another layer

  • anal

    Word

    relating to the anus

  • fingerprint

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    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • caught up

    Phrase

    involved in a situation, often without wanting to be

  • read me

    Phrase

    a file that gives basic information about a software program or project

  • drug dealer

    Phrase

    a person who sells illegal drugs

  • falling out

    Phrase

    a quarrel that ends a friendship or makes a relationship worse

  • IP address

    Phrase

    the unique number that identifies a device on a network

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • book in

    Phrase

    to arrange a time or appointment for someone

  • read up

    Phrase

    to study or learn about something so you know more about it

  • grunt

    Word

    a short, low sound made by a person or an animal

  • accomplice

    Word

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

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • run through

    Phrase

    to use up a supply of something

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

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