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Criminal Minds S12E20: English vocabulary

Season 12, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • hospitalize

    Word

    to admit someone to a hospital for treatment

  • irradiate

    Word

    to expose to radiation

  • embitter

    Word

    to make someone feel bitter and resentful

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • incarcerate

    Word

    to put someone in prison

  • acrimonious

    Word

    angry and bitter, especially in speech or a disagreement

  • grafting

    Word

    the process of joining parts of two plants so they grow as one

  • incorrigible

    Word

    impossible to change, improve, or stop from bad behavior

  • exonerate

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    to officially say that someone is not guilty of a crime or blame

  • docket

    Word

    a list of cases or matters to be dealt with in court

  • unconcerned

    Word

    not worried or interested in something

  • rearer

    Word

    a person who breeds and cares for animals

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  • leavings

    Word

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

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • momentous

    Word

    very important and likely to have a big effect on the future

  • cloaking

    Word

    the act of hiding something so it is not easily seen or detected

  • esophagus

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    the tube that food goes through from the throat to the stomach

  • contaminate

    Word

    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • gastrointestinal

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    relating to the stomach and intestines

  • continuance

    Word

    the fact of continuing to exist or happen

  • caroling

    Word

    singing Christmas carols, often while going from house to house

  • dyeing

    Word

    the process of coloring fabric or other materials

  • fume

    Word

    a strong smell, especially smoke, gas, or vapor

  • anthrax

    Word

    a serious disease that affects humans and animals and is caused by bacteria

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  • bower

    Word

    a cool, shady place under trees or climbing plants

  • tracer

    Word

    something used to trace or track something else

  • shortness

    Word

    the quality of being short in length, time, or amount

  • fluoride

    Word

    a chemical compound that contains fluorine

  • gastric

    Word

    relating to the stomach

  • pancreas

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    an organ behind the stomach that helps digest food and makes insulin

  • reclamation

    Word

    the process of taking back or recovering something

  • cyanide

    Word

    a very poisonous chemical compound used in some industrial processes

  • lobbyist

    Word

    a person who tries to influence politicians or government officials

  • evener

    Word

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

  • punctured

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

  • prognosis

    Word

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

  • assailant

    Word

    a person who attacks someone physically

  • syringe

    Word

    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • graft

    Word

    a piece of a plant that is joined to another plant so they grow together

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • transfusion

    Word

    the process of putting blood into someone's body through a vein

  • contraband

    Word

    goods that are brought into or taken out of a country illegally

  • correctional

    Word

    relating to prisons and the punishment and rehabilitation of offenders

  • toxin

    Word

    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • medically

    Word

    in a way that relates to medicine or medical treatment

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

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

  • anonymously

    Word

    without revealing your identity

  • puncture

    Word

    a small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tire

  • forcibly

    Word

    in a way that uses physical force or pressure

  • eat it

    Phrase

    to fall forward and land face first

  • civil suit

    Phrase

    a lawsuit in a civil court

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • toasting

    Word

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

  • assassinate

    Word

    to kill an important person, especially for political reasons

  • cultivate

    Word

    to prepare land for growing crops or plants

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • broad shoulders

    Phrase

    the ability to accept criticism, responsibility, or pressure without getting upset

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • espionage

    Word

    the secret gathering of information about another country or organization

  • cognitive

    Word

    relating to thinking, learning, memory, and understanding

  • scrutiny

    Word

    careful and often critical examination of something

  • intricate

    Word

    very detailed and complicated

  • collateral

    Word

    property or other valuable item used to secure a loan

  • repertoire

    Word

    the set of songs, pieces, or roles that a performer knows and can perform

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • compile

    Word

    to make a list, report, or book by gathering information from different sources

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • civil right

    Phrase

    a legal right that protects a person's freedom and equal treatment

  • recollection

    Word

    the act of remembering something

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • induce

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    to persuade or influence someone to do something

  • remorse

    Word

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

  • janitor

    Word

    a person whose job is cleaning and taking care of a building

  • be onto

    Phrase

    to realize that someone is investigating you or has discovered something about you

  • antidote

    Word

    a medicine that stops a poison from harming someone

  • make waves

    Phrase

    to attract a lot of attention or cause a stir

  • run on fumes

    Phrase

    to keep going with very little fuel, energy, or resources left

  • go down the drain

    Phrase

    to fail completely or be wasted

  • pooling

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

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • sanction

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    a punishment or restriction imposed for breaking a law or rule

  • smoothing

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    the process of making a surface or material smooth

  • arming

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    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

  • prestige

    Word

    great respect and admiration that people have for someone or something because of its quality or success

  • encompass

    Word

    to include a wide range of things

  • watch list

    Phrase

    a list of people or things that need to be watched or checked regularly

  • registered nurse

    Phrase

    a nurse who is officially licensed to work

  • radiation sickness

    Phrase

    an illness caused by exposure to radiation

  • credible

    Word

    able to be trusted or believed

  • bribery

    Word

    the crime of giving or taking money or gifts to influence someone's actions, especially an official's

  • perpetrator

    Word

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

  • garner

    Word

    to get or collect something, especially support, praise, or information

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • beef up

    Phrase

    to make something stronger, larger, or more effective

  • accomplice

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

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

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