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Criminal Minds S11E2: English vocabulary

Season 11, Episode 2CrimeDramaMystery

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  • perpetrate

    Word

    to commit a serious crime or other harmful act

  • verdant

    Word

    green and full of healthy plants

  • talcum

    Word

    a soft mineral used to make powder and baby powder

  • culpable

    Word

    deserving blame because you did something wrong

  • vehement

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    showing very strong feeling or opinion in a forceful way

  • embolden

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    to make someone feel braver or more confident

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • vaporize

    Word

    to change a liquid or solid into a gas

  • corollary

    Word

    a result or consequence that naturally follows from something else

  • convulsion

    Word

    a sudden, violent shaking of the body caused by illness or a medical condition

  • strangler

    Word

    a person who kills someone by strangling them

  • lashing

    Word

    a rope or cord used for tying or fastening things

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  • favoritism

    Word

    unfair treatment that gives one person or group an advantage over others

  • therapeutics

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    the study of how medicines and other treatments help treat disease

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • incoherent

    Word

    hard to understand because it is confused or badly expressed

  • causal

    Word

    relating to a cause or to the relationship between a cause and its effect

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • toxicology

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    the study of poisons and how they affect living things

  • homicidal

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    wanting to kill someone or related to killing a person

  • criminally

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    in a way that is extremely bad or excessive

  • rigor

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    careful, exact, and thorough work or study

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • souring

    Word

    becoming sour, spoiled, or unpleasant

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  • melodramatic

    Word

    showing too much emotion in a way that seems exaggerated or fake

  • vantage

    Word

    a place or position that gives you a good view of something

  • aversion

    Word

    a strong feeling of dislike or avoidance

  • graver

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    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • potency

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    the strength or effectiveness of something, especially a medicine or drug

  • sensibility

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    the ability to notice and appreciate subtle feelings, beauty, or art

  • evener

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

  • meticulous

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    very careful about small details and exactness

  • punctured

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    damaged by a sharp object that has made a hole in it

  • dissipate

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    to spread out and gradually disappear

  • watery

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    thin and weak because it has too much water

  • denounce

    Word

    to publicly say that something or someone is wrong, bad, or illegal

  • cannibal

    Word

    a person who eats human flesh

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • streaked

    Word

    having thin lines or marks of a different color

  • devout

    Word

    showing strong religious belief and commitment

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • slotted

    Word

    having a narrow cut or opening

  • rant

    Word

    to speak angrily and at length

  • cowardice

    Word

    the lack of courage to do something difficult or dangerous

  • ventilator

    Word

    a machine that helps a patient breathe

  • evaporate

    Word

    to change from a liquid into a gas

  • confine

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    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • manipulative

    Word

    trying to control or influence people in a dishonest way for your own benefit

  • and his mother

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that a very large number of people are included

  • marital

    Word

    relating to marriage or to a married couple

  • aye aye

    Phrase

    A naval reply meaning yes, sir, or I understand and will obey

  • revisit

    Word

    to go back to a place, topic, or situation and deal with it again

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • magma

    Word

    melted rock beneath the Earth's surface

  • cleanup

    Word

    an act of cleaning a place or area

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • nerve agent

    Phrase

    a poisonous chemical used in warfare that can kill or seriously harm people

  • blackmailing

    Word

    the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

  • going away

    Phrase

    the act of leaving a place

  • sprinkle

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    to scatter something in small drops or pieces over a surface

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • lover boy

    Phrase

    a man or boy who is very charming and good at attracting romantic attention

  • bounding

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    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • beige

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    a pale brownish color

  • retaliation

    Word

    harm done in return for harm received; revenge

  • back into

    Phrase

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

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • illegitimate

    Word

    not allowed by law or by accepted rules

  • in deep

    Phrase

    deeply involved in a difficult or troublesome situation

  • therapeutic

    Word

    relating to the treatment of illness or injury

  • extremist

    Word

    a person who supports extreme political or religious views, often in a way that can lead to violence

  • damascus

    Word

    the capital city of Syria

  • commute

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    to travel regularly between home and work

  • collateral

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    property or other valuable item used to secure a loan

  • oddly

    Word

    in a strange or unusual way

  • profiling

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

  • wash with

    Phrase

    to be unacceptable or not believable to someone

  • alibi

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    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • turn over

    Phrase

    to give something to someone in authority or for official handling

  • volatile

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    changing quickly and unpredictably, often in a way that can cause problems

  • splinter

    Word

    a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal that has broken off something larger

  • set the wheels in motion

    Phrase

    to start a process or chain of events

  • play on

    Phrase

    to take advantage of someone's weakness, fear, or beliefs

  • chlorine

    Word

    a chemical element used in bleach, swimming pools, and water treatment

  • for reasons

    Phrase

    used to say that the reason is unknown or not being stated

  • reversal

    Word

    a change to the opposite state, direction, or result

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • average Joe

    Phrase

    an ordinary person with no special status or qualities

  • here's the thing

    Phrase

    used to introduce the main point or important detail of what you are saying

  • worst enemy

    Phrase

    someone or something that is especially harmful or troublesome for you

  • partner in crime

    Phrase

    a close friend who often does things with you, especially in a playful or mischievous way

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • residue

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    a small amount of something that is left after the rest has been removed or used

  • feeder

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    something that supplies food, water, or other resources

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

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