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Bones S11E22: English vocabulary

Season 11, Episode 22CrimeDrama

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  • whir

    Word

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • perspire

    Word

    to sweat

  • shallot

    Word

    a small onion with a mild flavor

  • gruel

    Word

    a thick, soft food made by boiling oats or other grain in water or milk

  • sniffle

    Word

    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • ulna

    Word

    the thinner of the two bones in the forearm, on the side of the little finger

  • cogent

    Word

    clear, logical, and convincing

  • smooch

    Word

    a kiss, especially a quick or affectionate one

  • affectation

    Word

    speech or behavior that is unnatural and meant to impress

  • clavicle

    Word

    the bone between your shoulder and chest

  • workbench

    Word

    a strong table used for doing manual work, especially in a workshop

  • scratchy

    Word

    causing a slight scratching or irritating feeling

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  • marionette

    Word

    a puppet moved by strings from above

  • brackish

    Word

    slightly salty, especially because fresh water and seawater have mixed

  • hydrochloric

    Word

    relating to hydrochloric acid

  • phalanx

    Word

    a group of soldiers or police standing or moving in a tight formation

  • aberrant

    Word

    different from what is normal or expected

  • sublet

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    to rent a property to someone else for part or all of the lease period

  • muscling

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    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • drench

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    to make something very wet; soak it completely

  • hatter

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    a person who makes or sells hats

  • whimper

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    to make quiet, weak sounds because you are scared, hurt, or upset

  • squint

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    to look at something with your eyes partly closed, often because of bright light or to see better

  • premonition

    Word

    a feeling that something, especially something bad, is going to happen

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  • caper

    Word

    a playful skip or jump

  • felon

    Word

    a person who has been convicted of a serious crime

  • gibbon

    Word

    a small ape with very long arms that swings through trees

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • gluten

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    a protein in wheat and some other grains that makes dough stretchy

  • exhale

    Word

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • headband

    Word

    a band worn around the head to hold hair back or as an accessory

  • peroxide

    Word

    a chemical compound that contains two oxygen atoms joined together

  • disinfectant

    Word

    a chemical used to kill germs on surfaces

  • wail

    Word

    to cry out in a long, high, sad sound

  • bray

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    to make a loud, harsh cry, especially a donkey

  • crackling

    Word

    the sound of many short, sharp pops or snaps

  • neuron

    Word

    a nerve cell that sends signals in the body and brain

  • startle

    Word

    to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

  • longitudinal

    Word

    running along the length of something, not across it

  • conceivable

    Word

    able to be imagined or thought possible

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • elicit

    Word

    to get a reaction, answer, or feeling from someone

  • vigilant

    Word

    watching carefully for danger or problems

  • creak

    Word

    to make a harsh, high-pitched sound as it moves or is pressed

  • implicate

    Word

    to show or suggest that someone is involved in something bad or illegal

  • evener

    Word

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

  • illogical

    Word

    not logical or reasonable

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • distantly

    Word

    in a way that is far away or not very clearly

  • assailant

    Word

    a person who attacks someone physically

  • foresee

    Word

    to know or guess that something will happen before it happens

  • thrift

    Word

    careful use of money and other resources; not wasting them

  • nodding

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    slightly moving the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment

  • groan

    Word

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

  • embezzlement

    Word

    the crime of taking money or property that you were trusted to manage

  • chirp

    Word

    to make a short, high sound, especially like a small bird or insect

  • autobiographical

    Word

    relating to a person's own life story

  • physiological

    Word

    relating to how the body and its parts work

  • involuntary

    Word

    done without conscious control

  • grader

    Word

    a person or machine that checks, marks, or scores work

  • linguistics

    Word

    the scientific study of language and how it works

  • paranoia

    Word

    a strong fear or suspicion that other people are trying to harm you, often without a good reason

  • molten

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    melted by heat and in a liquid state

  • disorderly

    Word

    not neat or organized; messy

  • visualize

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    to form a clear picture of something in your mind

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • manipulative

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

  • Founding Father

    Phrase

    one of the people who helped found an important country or organization

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • tanning

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    the process of making skin darker by exposure to the sun or a tanning bed

  • recessed

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    set back into a surface so it does not stick out

  • salting

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    the act of adding salt to food or water

  • skeletal

    Word

    relating to bones or a skeleton

  • even as

    Phrase

    at the same time that something else is happening

  • admirable

    Word

    deserving respect and approval

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • drunk and disorderly

    Phrase

    used to describe someone who is drunk and causing trouble in public

  • distort

    Word

    to change the shape of something so it looks twisted or unclear

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • goodman

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    an old-fashioned way of referring to a man, especially one of lower social rank

  • clothe

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    to provide clothes for someone

  • growl

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    to make a low, rough sound, especially in anger or warning

  • fives

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    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • blood in

    Phrase

    to join a gang by doing a violent act as part of an initiation

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • ding

    Word

    a short, sharp ringing sound

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • empirical

    Word

    based on observation, testing, or real experience

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • in deep

    Phrase

    deeply involved in a difficult or troublesome situation

  • caucasian

    Word

    a person from the Caucasus region

  • inflict

    Word

    to cause someone to suffer something unpleasant or painful

  • weakly

    Word

    in a weak or feeble way

  • 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

  • footstep

    Word

    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

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