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Criminal Minds S13E9: English vocabulary

Season 13, Episode 9CrimeDramaMystery

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  • gossipy

    Word

    talkative in a way that suggests gossip

  • asphyxiate

    Word

    to stop someone from breathing, or make breathing very difficult

  • annotate

    Word

    to add notes or comments to a text, image, or diagram

  • preconception

    Word

    an idea or opinion you have before you know the facts

  • equivocal

    Word

    having more than one possible meaning; unclear

  • delude

    Word

    to make someone believe something that is false

  • unwitting

    Word

    not knowing about something, so not intentional

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • annotation

    Word

    a note added to a text, image, or data to explain or comment on it

  • cabal

    Word

    a small secret group that tries to control events or make decisions behind the scenes

  • incriminate

    Word

    to make someone seem guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

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  • outwit

    Word

    to defeat or trick someone by being more clever than they are

  • skew

    Word

    to make something lean or slant; to put it at an angle

  • asphyxiation

    Word

    the condition of not getting enough oxygen, which can cause unconsciousness or death

  • entitle

    Word

    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • fallacy

    Word

    a false idea or belief based on bad reasoning

  • definitively

    Word

    in a way that settles something clearly and finally

  • dupe

    Word

    to trick someone into believing something false

  • bookshelf

    Word

    a shelf or piece of furniture for keeping books on

  • docile

    Word

    easy to train, control, or manage

  • rifling

    Word

    the spiral grooves inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin

  • ballistics

    Word

    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • fluoride

    Word

    a chemical compound that contains fluorine

  • spotless

    Word

    completely clean and free from marks or dirt

  • coercion

    Word

    the use of force or threats to make someone do something

  • spook

    Word

    a ghost or spirit, especially in stories or jokes

  • calibration

    Word

    the process of checking or adjusting a measuring device so it gives accurate results

  • startle

    Word

    to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

  • wacky

    Word

    funny or unusual in a slightly odd way

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • technicals

    Word

    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

    Word

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

  • meticulous

    Word

    very careful about small details and exactness

  • revoke

    Word

    to officially cancel a law, decision, license, or agreement

  • improbable

    Word

    not likely to happen or be true

  • fluorescent

    Word

    giving off a bright, glowing light or color

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • nitrate

    Word

    a chemical salt or ester of nitric acid

  • hermit

    Word

    a person who lives alone, often for religious reasons

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • ballooned

    Word

    to rise or grow very quickly in amount, size, or cost

  • logics

    Word

    the study of correct reasoning

  • toxin

    Word

    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • plausible

    Word

    seeming reasonable or likely to be true

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • veer

    Word

    to change direction suddenly

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • pathology

    Word

    the study of diseases and the changes they cause in the body

  • pretext

    Word

    a reason that is given to hide the real reason for doing something

  • invoke

    Word

    to mention or use something as support for an argument or action

  • manipulative

    Word

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

  • capitalize

    Word

    to write a letter or word with a capital letter

  • prominently

    Word

    in a way that is easy to see or notice

  • morgue

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • replicate

    Word

    to make an exact copy of something or repeat an experiment or result

  • far out

    Phrase

    very unusual, unconventional, or extreme

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • emit

    Word

    to give off a sound, smell, light, or gas

  • cover up

    Phrase

    to hide the truth about something, especially a mistake or crime

  • vapor

    Word

    a gas or mist, especially one that comes from a liquid

  • delusion

    Word

    a false belief that someone strongly believes even though it is not true

  • tooling

    Word

    the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • anarchist

    Word

    a person who believes in anarchism

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • flagging

    Word

    becoming weaker or less active

  • behold

    Word

    to look at something with attention or wonder

  • let's play

    Phrase

    a video in which someone plays a video game and talks about it

  • bring it

    Phrase

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

  • deduction

    Word

    the act of taking an amount away from a total, especially for tax or pay

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • theorist

    Word

    a person who develops theories, especially in science or politics

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • cognitive

    Word

    relating to thinking, learning, memory, and understanding

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • get to the bottom of

    Phrase

    to find out the real reason for something or solve a problem

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • magic bullet

    Phrase

    a simple solution that people hope will quickly fix a difficult problem

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • be onto

    Phrase

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

  • investigative

    Word

    used for investigating or intended to investigate

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • let something slip

    Phrase

    to accidentally reveal a secret

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • presume

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    to think that something is probably true or will happen

  • sturdy

    Word

    strong and solid, so it can be used without breaking or falling over easily

  • bleach

    Word

    to make something white or lighter using a chemical process

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • susceptible

    Word

    likely to be affected, harmed, or influenced by something

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • to tell the truth

    Phrase

    used to introduce a statement that is honest or frank

  • figuring out

    Phrase

    the process of trying to understand or solve something

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