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CSI: Miami S3E3: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 3DramaMysteryCrime

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  • dignify

    Word

    to make someone or something seem more important, serious, or worthy of respect

  • shoplifter

    Word

    a person who steals goods from a shop or store

  • sunup

    Word

    the time when the sun rises and daylight begins

  • stanchion

    Word

    an upright post or bar used as a support or barrier

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • iridescent

    Word

    showing bright colors that seem to change when you look at them from different angles

  • entangle

    Word

    to twist together or get caught in something

  • spatter

    Word

    to scatter small drops or particles over a surface

  • outbid

    Word

    to offer more money than someone else in an auction or other bidding situation

  • fleck

    Word

    a small spot or patch of color, light, or dirt

  • subcutaneous

    Word

    located under the skin

  • shafting

    Word

    unfair treatment, especially when someone is cheated or badly treated

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  • magnify

    Word

    to make something look larger, especially with a lens or microscope

  • hemoglobin

    Word

    a substance in red blood cells that carries oxygen

  • canvass

    Word

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

  • horticultural

    Word

    relating to the growing of garden plants, fruits, and vegetables

  • greenery

    Word

    plants and leaves, especially when they make a place look green and fresh

  • extremity

    Word

    the farthest point or outer edge of something

  • corkscrew

    Word

    a tool with a spiral metal point used for pulling corks out of bottles

  • fluoride

    Word

    a chemical compound that contains fluorine

  • quantitative

    Word

    based on numbers or amounts

  • incite

    Word

    to encourage people to act violently or unlawfully

  • workable

    Word

    practical and likely to work

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • hydrated

    Word

    having enough water in your body

  • confiscate

    Word

    to take something away from someone using legal or official authority

  • electrode

    Word

    a metal part that electricity enters or leaves through

  • cylindrical

    Word

    shaped like a cylinder

  • ascertain

    Word

    to find out something for certain

  • familiarity

    Word

    familiar knowledge or experience of something

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • tempered

    Word

    calm and controlled, especially after strong emotion

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • front and center

    Phrase

    a command telling someone to come forward and stand in the center

  • ribbed

    Word

    having raised ridges or lines

  • apprehend

    Word

    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • dumpster dive

    Phrase

    to search through trash for useful or valuable things

  • polymer

    Word

    a substance made of very large molecules, used especially in plastics

  • tooling

    Word

    the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

  • oxide

    Word

    a chemical compound made of oxygen and another element

  • assault and battery

    Phrase

    the crime of attacking someone and physically hurting them

  • unbalanced

    Word

    not balanced or evenly arranged

  • erratic

    Word

    changing suddenly and unpredictably

  • zed

    Word

    the letter Z

  • medical examiner

    Phrase

    a government official who examines deaths to determine the cause

  • fives

    Word

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • lessen

    Word

    to make something smaller, weaker, or less intense

  • layering

    Word

    the use of several layers, especially in clothing

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • first officer

    Phrase

    the officer who is second in command on a ship or aircraft

  • fling

    Word

    to throw something with a lot of force

  • torso

    Word

    the main part of the human body, not including the head, arms, or legs

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • break on

    Phrase

    to insult or embarrass someone in public

  • roasting

    Word

    the process of cooking food in an oven or over a fire

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • pointer

    Word

    a small symbol on a computer screen that shows where the next click or action will happen

  • gable

    Word

    the triangular upper part of a wall under a sloping roof

  • tread

    Word

    to step or walk in a careful, heavy, or deliberate way

  • conflicting

    Word

    not agreeing with something else; contradictory

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • turned out

    Phrase

    looking neat, smart, or well dressed

  • time being

    Phrase

    for now; until something changes

  • get right

    Phrase

    to do something correctly or in the right way

  • arming

    Word

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

  • follow up

    Phrase

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

  • weld

    Word

    to join pieces of metal by heating and pressing them together

  • motivate

    Word

    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • restrain

    Word

    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • trusting

    Word

    willing to believe that other people are honest and will not harm you

  • on the case

    Phrase

    actively dealing with something or working on it

  • defense attorney

    Phrase

    a lawyer who defends someone accused of a crime in court

  • business school

    Phrase

    a school that offers courses in business and management

  • bust out

    Phrase

    to escape from a place, especially a prison, often by force

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • run over

    Phrase

    to hit someone or something with a vehicle and drive over them

  • arched

    Word

    curved like an arch

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • account executive

    Phrase

    a person who manages a client's account in advertising, public relations, or a similar business

  • zinc

    Word

    a hard, bluish-white metal used in alloys and to coat other metals

  • mount up

    Phrase

    to get on a horse or other animal

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • scotch

    Word

    to stop something from happening or continuing

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • laser

    Word

    a device that produces a narrow beam of light for use in technology, medicine, and science

  • composite

    Word

    made of different parts or materials combined together

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • curb

    Word

    the raised edge between a road and a sidewalk

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • shatter

    Word

    to break suddenly into many pieces

  • membrane

    Word

    a very thin layer of tissue that covers a surface or separates parts of the body

  • laser pointer

    Phrase

    a small device that shines a narrow beam of light for pointing at something

  • cot

    Word

    a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child

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