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Law & Order S15E19: English vocabulary

Season 15, Episode 19CrimeDrama

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  • creasing

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    the process of becoming wrinkled or folded

  • horrify

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    to make someone feel very shocked, frightened, or disgusted

  • convulse

    Word

    to shake violently, especially because of illness, pain, or strong emotion

  • sweepings

    Word

    bits of dirt, dust, and other small waste collected when you sweep a floor

  • sniffle

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    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • perpetrate

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    to commit a serious crime or other harmful act

  • deceptively

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    in a way that gives a false or misleading impression

  • construe

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    to interpret a word, phrase, or action in a particular way

  • promulgate

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    to officially announce or put a law or rule into effect

  • corroboration

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    evidence that helps prove or support something

  • apostate

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    a person who rejects a religion, belief, or political cause they once accepted

  • spurious

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    not real, true, or genuine

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  • culpable

    Word

    deserving blame because you did something wrong

  • misdeed

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    an evil or wrong act

  • egregious

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    very bad and shocking

  • coercive

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    using force, threats, or pressure to make someone do something

  • journeyman

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    a skilled worker who has completed training but is not yet a master

  • exonerate

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

  • rearer

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    a person who breeds and cares for animals

  • scalping

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    the illegal buying of tickets and reselling them for a much higher price

  • leavings

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

  • flinch

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    to make a quick, nervous movement because of fear, surprise, or pain

  • vindictive

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    showing a desire to get back at someone for a wrong or insult

  • precept

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    a rule or principle that guides behavior

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  • concoct

    Word

    to make something by mixing different ingredients

  • fabricate

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    to invent false information or a story

  • molest

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    to harass or bother someone persistently

  • authenticate

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    to prove that something is real, true, or genuine

  • erroneous

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    wrong or based on a mistake

  • outlandish

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    strange, unusual, or shocking in appearance or style

  • persecute

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    to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially because of their beliefs or identity

  • consensual

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    done with the agreement of everyone involved

  • corroborate

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    to show that something is true or correct by giving evidence

  • abomination

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    something that is extremely disgusting or hateful

  • sordid

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    morally bad, unpleasant, or shameful

  • generalization

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    the process of forming a general idea or rule from specific examples

  • conspire

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

  • cautiously

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    in a careful way, especially to avoid danger or mistakes

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • condone

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    to accept or ignore bad or wrong behavior, without trying to stop it

  • incest

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    sexual relations between people who are closely related

  • pamper

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    to give someone a lot of comfort, attention, and treats

  • preposterous

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    so silly or unreasonable that it is hard to believe

  • misinterpret

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    to understand or explain something in the wrong way

  • waive

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    to give up a right, claim, or rule requirement

  • remand

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    to send a case back to a lower court for further action

  • diviner

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    a person who is believed to be able to predict the future

  • rectify

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    to correct something and make it right

  • seduction

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    the act of attracting someone in a sexual or romantic way

  • crease

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    a line or fold made by pressing or bending something

  • evener

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

  • retainer

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    a fee paid in advance to keep someone's services available

  • scorn

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    a feeling that someone or something is not worthy of respect

  • bitters

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    a bitter liquid used in small amounts to flavor cocktails

  • brunette

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    a woman or girl with dark brown hair

  • illicit

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    illegal or not allowed by law, rules, or custom

  • forgery

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    the crime of making a fake copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art

  • mundane

    Word

    boring, ordinary, and not interesting

  • nicotine

    Word

    the addictive substance in tobacco

  • smuggle

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    to move goods secretly across a border or into a country illegally

  • scot

    Word

    a native or inhabitant of Scotland

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • living dead

    Phrase

    the undead, especially zombies

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • and his mother

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that a very large number of people are included

  • put the make on

    Phrase

    to flirt with someone in a pushy or sexually suggestive way

  • discredit

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    to damage someone’s or something’s reputation

  • renegade

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    a person who has betrayed a group, country, or belief

  • even as

    Phrase

    at the same time that something else is happening

  • love drug

    Phrase

    a drug that is thought to increase sexual desire

  • expert witness

    Phrase

    a person who gives expert evidence in a court case

  • death ray

    Phrase

    a fictional weapon that fires a deadly beam

  • sexual act

    Phrase

    a sexual action or activity

  • fives

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

  • puberty

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    the stage in life when a child's body begins to change into an adult body

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • write the book

    Phrase

    to be the leading expert on a subject

  • put the moves on

    Phrase

    to try to attract someone sexually or romantically

  • complicate

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    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • manslaughter

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    the crime of killing someone without intending to kill them

  • slay

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    to kill a person or animal in a violent way

  • casing

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    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • prosecute

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    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • 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

  • enlightenment

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    the process of learning or understanding something clearly

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • turn over

    Phrase

    to give something to someone in authority or for official handling

  • seduce

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    to persuade someone to have sex with you or do something they might not otherwise do

  • abduction

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    the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

  • hit rock bottom

    Phrase

    To reach the lowest point in your life or situation

  • scalp

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    the skin on the top of your head

  • affirmative

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    showing agreement or saying yes

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • indictment

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    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • true that

    Phrase

    used to strongly agree with someone

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • arming

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

  • allegation

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    a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal, without proof

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

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