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Law & Order S3E18: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 18CrimeDrama

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  • dignify

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

  • furtherance

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    the act of helping something develop or succeed

  • soliloquy

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    a speech in which a character in a play speaks their thoughts aloud while alone

  • blinder

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    a very good shot, pass, or piece of play in football

  • jiggle

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    to move with small, quick, shaky motions

  • unsettle

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    to make someone feel worried, uneasy, or disturbed

  • matrimonial

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    related to marriage or married life

  • acquit

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    to say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime

  • ratting

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    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • overrule

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    to use your authority to change or reject a decision

  • waterfowl

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    a bird that lives near water, especially one that swims or wades

  • doze

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    to sleep lightly for a short time, especially when you are not fully asleep

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  • incriminate

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    to make someone seem guilty of a crime or wrongdoing

  • profane

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    showing disrespect for sacred things or religious beliefs

  • undying

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    lasting forever; never ending

  • palmed

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    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • entitle

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    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • cannibalism

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    the practice of eating the flesh of one's own species

  • circumstantial

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    based on the facts and details of a situation

  • frustrate

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    to make someone feel annoyed, upset, or disappointed

  • loony

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    crazy or silly

  • copped

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    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • conspire

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    to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful

  • crusading

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    strongly and publicly committed to a cause or campaign

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  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • infatuation

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    a strong feeling of love or admiration that is usually not lasting

  • hunk

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    a large piece of something, especially food or meat

  • stockbroker

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    a person who buys and sells stocks and other investments for clients

  • hubby

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    a husband; an affectionate word for your husband

  • dangle

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    to hang down loosely or swing gently

  • taint

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    to spoil something by adding a harmful or unwanted substance or influence

  • cyanide

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    a very poisonous chemical compound used in some industrial processes

  • couched

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    to express something in a particular way

  • delusional

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    having false beliefs that are not based in reality

  • evener

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

  • penciled

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    written or marked lightly with a pencil

  • memento

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    something kept to remind you of a person, place, or event

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • fringed

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    having a decorative edge made of hanging threads or strips

  • profess

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    to state or claim something openly

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • civilize

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    to make people or a place more civilized and polite

  • picket

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    a pointed wooden or metal stake used to make a fence or mark a boundary

  • penal

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    relating to crime and punishment under the law

  • mink

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    a small animal with dark brown fur that lives near water

  • disobedience

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    the act of not obeying rules or a person in authority

  • upland

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    an area of high land, especially one with hills

  • obscene

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    offensive because it is sexual, rude, or indecent

  • gull

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    a seabird with long wings and webbed feet, often seen near the coast

  • keyed

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    locked with a key

  • congratulation

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

  • discredit

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    to damage someone’s or something’s reputation

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • party to

    Phrase

    involved in something, especially a secret plan or a wrong action

  • philharmonic

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    a symphony orchestra

  • delusion

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

  • gassing

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    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • cross examination

    Phrase

    the questioning of a witness by the opposing lawyer in court

  • entry wound

    Phrase

    the wound where a bullet or other object enters the body

  • circumstantial evidence

    Phrase

    evidence that suggests something is true, but does not prove it directly

  • animal rights

    Phrase

    the belief that animals should have legal rights and be protected from suffering

  • superior court

    Phrase

    a higher court that can review decisions from a lower court

  • venture capitalist

    Phrase

    a person or firm that invests in new companies with high growth potential

  • knitting

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    the activity of making clothes or other items by looping yarn with needles

  • grieve

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    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • dissent

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    to express disagreement with an official opinion or decision

  • murderous

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    showing a strong wish to kill or harm someone

  • reasonable doubt

    Phrase

    the level of doubt needed to avoid a guilty verdict

  • fives

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

  • guidebook

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    a book that gives practical information for travelers about a place

  • ride on

    Phrase

    to attack someone in a drive-by shooting

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • dresser

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    a piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes or other items

  • in the act

    Phrase

    while someone is doing something wrong, illegal, or secret

  • split hairs

    Phrase

    to argue about very small or unimportant details

  • leverage

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    the power or advantage you get from using something to help you achieve more

  • manslaughter

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    the crime of killing someone without intending to kill them

  • private eye

    Phrase

    a private detective

  • prosecute

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    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • profiling

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

  • jarring

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    causing a sudden unpleasant feeling because it does not fit well with what is around it

  • pleading

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    showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

  • alibi

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    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • yearbook

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    a book made by a school each year with photos, names, and memories of students and staff

  • investigative

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    used for investigating or intended to investigate

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • discourse

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    spoken or written communication about a subject

  • indictment

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    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • insanity

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    a state of severe mental illness

  • retailer

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    a person or business that sells goods directly to customers

  • redhead

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    a person with red hair

  • sanction

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    a punishment or restriction imposed for breaking a law or rule

  • in circles

    Phrase

    without making any progress

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • rendezvous

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    a meeting that has been arranged for a particular time and place

  • entirety

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    the whole of something; all of it

  • schoolgirl

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    a girl who goes to school

  • dane

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    a person from Denmark

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