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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S6E8: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 8CrimeDramaMystery

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  • unblemished

    Word

    not marked, damaged, or spoiled

  • shamble

    Word

    to walk slowly with heavy, dragging steps

  • grope

    Word

    to feel your way with your hands in the dark or when you cannot see clearly

  • molester

    Word

    a person who sexually abuses someone, especially a child

  • contusion

    Word

    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • complainant

    Word

    a person who brings a formal complaint or legal case against someone

  • docket

    Word

    a list of cases or matters to be dealt with in court

  • slinky

    Word

    tight-fitting and sexy in a way that shows the shape of the body

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • flinch

    Word

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

  • canvass

    Word

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

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  • entitle

    Word

    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • strangulation

    Word

    the act of choking someone by pressing on the throat or neck

  • unfounded

    Word

    not based on facts or evidence

  • consensual

    Word

    done with the agreement of everyone involved

  • abrasion

    Word

    the wearing away of a surface by rubbing or scraping

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • sordid

    Word

    morally bad, unpleasant, or shameful

  • copped

    Word

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

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • outcry

    Word

    a strong public expression of anger or disapproval

  • prod

    Word

    to poke or push something with a finger or a pointed object

  • allege

    Word

    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

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  • vaginal

    Word

    relating to the vagina

  • dissect

    Word

    to cut open a body, plant, or animal in order to study its parts

  • neurotic

    Word

    anxious and overly worried about things, often in a way that seems excessive

  • evener

    Word

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

  • kinky

    Word

    sexually unconventional or involving unusual sexual practices

  • munch

    Word

    to eat something in a noisy or casual way

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • indict

    Word

    to formally accuse someone of a serious crime

  • vacate

    Word

    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • voucher

    Word

    a paper or digital ticket that gives you a discount or can be exchanged for goods or services

  • distraught

    Word

    very upset, worried, or shocked

  • discouraging

    Word

    making someone feel less hopeful or confident

  • stagger

    Word

    to walk or move in an unsteady way, as if you might fall

  • undeniable

    Word

    impossible to deny or question

  • relive

    Word

    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • rightly

    Word

    in a way that is deserved or justified

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • pendulum

    Word

    a weight that swings back and forth from a fixed point

  • recessed

    Word

    set back into a surface so it does not stick out

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • commotion

    Word

    a noisy, confused disturbance

  • strangle

    Word

    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • semen

    Word

    the thick fluid that contains sperm and is released from the penis during ejaculation

  • come right

    Phrase

    to end well or be resolved successfully

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • elaborated

    Word

    to explain something in more detail

  • laced

    Word

    fastened with laces

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • sole custody

    Phrase

    a legal arrangement in which one parent has the right to care for a child after a divorce or separation

  • unbalanced

    Word

    not balanced or evenly arranged

  • erratic

    Word

    changing suddenly and unpredictably

  • juror

    Word

    a person who serves on a jury

  • fives

    Word

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

  • arm out

    Phrase

    to provide yourself or other people with weapons

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • bring to justice

    Phrase

    to make sure someone is arrested and tried for a crime

  • step down

    Phrase

    to resign from an important job or public position

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • manifesto

    Word

    a public statement of a group's aims or beliefs, especially in politics

  • one thing led to another

    Phrase

    used to say that one event caused a series of other events

  • remorse

    Word

    a strong feeling of regret and guilt about something wrong you did

  • for reasons

    Phrase

    used to say that the reason is unknown or not being stated

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • hit the floor

    Phrase

    to go out to dance, especially at a club or party

  • indictment

    Word

    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • beat up

    Phrase

    to attack someone and hit them hard

  • arming

    Word

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

  • what is your problem

    Phrase

    a rude or angry way of asking why someone is behaving badly or causing trouble

  • allegation

    Word

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

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • death threat

    Phrase

    a threat to kill someone

  • war veteran

    Phrase

    a person who served in a war

  • reassure

    Word

    to make someone feel less worried, afraid, or uncertain

  • dead on

    Phrase

    exactly right; very accurate

  • crush on

    Phrase

    to feel a romantic attraction to someone

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • felony

    Word

    a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

  • pant

    Word

    to breathe quickly and loudly, usually because you are tired or hot

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • line up

    Phrase

    a list of people or things arranged in a line

  • traumatic

    Word

    causing strong emotional pain or shock

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • bridging

    Word

    the act of building a bridge

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • unjust

    Word

    not fair or morally right

  • refresh

    Word

    to make someone or something feel stronger, fresher, or more energetic

  • humiliate

    Word

    make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, or foolish

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • forensic

    Word

    relating to the scientific study used in solving crimes

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

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