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Law & Order S3E13: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 13CrimeDrama

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  • utterer

    Word

    a person who says or speaks something

  • proscribe

    Word

    to officially forbid something, especially by law

  • abet

    Word

    to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • tormenting

    Word

    causing someone to feel great pain or suffering

  • extradite

    Word

    to send someone back to another country to face trial or punishment there

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • yardstick

    Word

    a standard used for judging or comparing something

  • rheumatic

    Word

    relating to rheumatism or joint pain

  • prejudicial

    Word

    causing harm or making something worse

  • obligate

    Word

    to make someone legally or morally required to do something

  • mooned

    Word

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

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  • doze

    Word

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

  • hounding

    Word

    to keep bothering someone again and again, especially by following or questioning them

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • spotty

    Word

    covered with spots or marks

  • etch

    Word

    to cut or mark a design into a hard surface, often with acid or a sharp tool

  • entitle

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    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • competency

    Word

    the ability to do something well

  • inconceivable

    Word

    impossible to believe or imagine

  • poling

    Word

    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

  • methodical

    Word

    careful and organized, with each step done in a planned way

  • dicing

    Word

    the act of cutting food into small cubes

  • felon

    Word

    a person who has been convicted of a serious crime

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  • unduly

    Word

    to a greater degree than is necessary or reasonable

  • incomprehensible

    Word

    impossible or very hard to understand

  • milligram

    Word

    a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram

  • obscenity

    Word

    obscene language, behavior, or images

  • spook

    Word

    a ghost or spirit, especially in stories or jokes

  • perjury

    Word

    the crime of lying under oath in court

  • ingenuity

    Word

    the ability to think of clever, original solutions

  • waive

    Word

    to give up a right, claim, or rule requirement

  • eraser

    Word

    a small tool used to remove pencil marks

  • testimonial

    Word

    a statement or quote from someone saying that a person or thing is good

  • evener

    Word

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

  • intestinal

    Word

    relating to the intestines

  • executor

    Word

    a person named in a will to carry out its instructions after someone dies

  • squeak

    Word

    to make a short, high-pitched sound

  • indict

    Word

    to formally accuse someone of a serious crime

  • smother

    Word

    to stop someone from breathing by covering their nose and mouth

  • scapegoat

    Word

    a person who is blamed for other people's mistakes or problems

  • extradition

    Word

    the process of sending someone back to another country to face trial or punishment

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • prescribe

    Word

    to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

  • correctional

    Word

    relating to prisons and the punishment and rehabilitation of offenders

  • undeniable

    Word

    impossible to deny or question

  • sedative

    Word

    a drug that makes someone calm or sleepy

  • melodrama

    Word

    a story, film, or play with exaggerated emotions and behavior

  • extermination

    Word

    the act of destroying something completely

  • deteriorate

    Word

    to become worse in quality, condition, or value

  • armchair

    Word

    a comfortable chair with arms and a back

  • bolster

    Word

    to support or strengthen something

  • tailoring

    Word

    the work of making or altering clothes so they fit well

  • breaded

    Word

    covered with breadcrumbs or a similar coating before cooking

  • outweigh

    Word

    to be more important, valuable, or serious than something else

  • recessed

    Word

    set back into a surface so it does not stick out

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • cover up

    Phrase

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

  • escalator

    Word

    a moving staircase that carries people between floors

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • lethal dose

    Phrase

    an amount of a poison or drug that can cause death

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • deportation

    Word

    the act of forcing someone to leave a country

  • reasonable doubt

    Phrase

    the level of doubt needed to avoid a guilty verdict

  • fives

    Word

    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

  • tell of

    Phrase

    to describe or talk about something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

    Word

    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • after the fact

    Phrase

    after something has already happened or been decided

  • turn the other cheek

    Phrase

    to choose not to fight back when someone hurts or insults you

  • inclusive

    Word

    including everyone, especially people who are often left out

  • absorption

    Word

    the process of taking in or soaking up a substance, light, heat, or sound

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • brute

    Word

    an insulting word for a cruel or unpleasant person

  • forearm

    Word

    the part of your arm between the elbow and the wrist

  • whipping

    Word

    the act of beating someone with a whip as punishment

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • mass murderer

    Phrase

    a person who has killed many people in one incident

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • compile

    Word

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

  • pleading

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

  • shading

    Word

    the use of light and dark areas in a drawing or picture

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • nutty

    Word

    slightly crazy, strange, or eccentric

  • irrational

    Word

    not based on clear thought or good judgment

  • spar

    Word

    to practice fighting or boxing without trying to win

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • presume

    Word

    to think that something is probably true or will happen

  • add up

    Phrase

    to seem reasonable or consistent

  • true that

    Phrase

    used to strongly agree with someone

  • in circles

    Phrase

    without making any progress

  • whack

    Word

    to hit something with a quick, hard blow

  • go free

    Phrase

    to be released from prison or another place of confinement

  • arming

    Word

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

  • in bad

    Phrase

    out of favor with someone; not liked by them

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

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