Episode vocabulary

CSI: Miami S5E6: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 6DramaMysteryCrime

Preview up to 100 useful vocabulary entries from this title. This is a general public list; Slovnyx personalizes it in the app.

All vocabulary stays together in one practical preview. See the methodology.

CSI: Miami S5E6 poster

100 entries

How this list is made
  • pickax

    Word

    a tool with a pointed end and a flat end, used for breaking hard ground or rock

  • lapdog

    Word

    a small pet dog that is often kept on a person's lap

  • pincushion

    Word

    a small cushion used for holding pins while sewing

  • sacrilege

    Word

    an act that shows disrespect for something sacred

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • infarction

    Word

    a place in an organ or tissue where blood flow is blocked and the tissue dies

  • rhythmically

    Word

    in a steady, regular rhythm

  • divination

    Word

    the practice of trying to learn about the future or the unknown by magical or supernatural means

  • hoarding

    Word

    the act of keeping and storing a lot of things, often too many

  • rustle

    Word

    to make a soft, dry sound like leaves or paper moving

  • rigidity

    Word

    the quality of being stiff, fixed, or unwilling to change

  • contraption

    Word

    a strange or complicated machine or device

  • Make it personalSave the useful vocabulary and practice it in Slovnyx.
    Continue in the app
  • continuance

    Word

    the fact of continuing to exist or happen

  • clatter

    Word

    to make a series of short, sharp rattling sounds

  • swab

    Word

    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • spook

    Word

    a ghost or spirit, especially in stories or jokes

  • conclusive

    Word

    so strong or clear that it settles a question or ends doubt

  • wail

    Word

    to cry out in a long, high, sad sound

  • crackling

    Word

    the sound of many short, sharp pops or snaps

  • graver

    Word

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • evener

    Word

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

  • budge

    Word

    to move a little, or make something move a little

  • hissing

    Word

    making a long, sharp s sound

  • petitioning

    Word

    to formally ask an authority or organization for something

Show more vocabularyShow less vocabulary
  • defuse

    Word

    make a dangerous or tense situation less serious or less likely to cause trouble

  • raking

    Word

    the act of using a rake to gather leaves or other loose material

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • toxin

    Word

    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • spectral

    Word

    strange, ghostly, or eerie

  • motoring

    Word

    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • compel

    Word

    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • mausoleum

    Word

    a large tomb, especially one built for an important person

  • boa

    Word

    a long scarf or neck decoration made of feathers or fur

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • invoke

    Word

    to mention or use something as support for an argument or action

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • krav maga

    Phrase

    a system of self-defense and hand-to-hand fighting

  • myocardial infarction

    Phrase

    a heart attack

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • whine

    Word

    to complain in a high, annoying voice

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • unheard

    Word

    not heard or not listened to

  • emit

    Word

    to give off a sound, smell, light, or gas

  • voodoo

    Word

    a religion and set of spiritual practices that developed in Haiti and other parts of the Caribbean

  • catholicism

    Word

    the beliefs and practices of the Roman Catholic Church

  • fives

    Word

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

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • ding

    Word

    a short, sharp ringing sound

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • combustion

    Word

    the process of burning

  • rumbling

    Word

    a deep, low, continuous sound

  • dissolution

    Word

    the formal ending of an organization, government, or agreement

  • torso

    Word

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

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • induce

    Word

    to persuade or influence someone to do something

  • splinter

    Word

    a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal that has broken off something larger

  • karma

    Word

    the idea that your actions affect what happens to you later

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • uranus

    Word

    the seventh planet from the Sun

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • please God

    Phrase

    used to say that you hope something will happen, if God allows it

  • now for

    Phrase

    used to introduce the next thing that will happen or be shown

  • get right

    Phrase

    to do something correctly or in the right way

  • no deal

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying you refuse an offer or request

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • thundering

    Word

    making a loud, deep, rumbling sound

  • dispose

    Word

    to get rid of something

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • human resources

    Phrase

    the department in a company that handles hiring, employee records, and staff support

  • police protection

    Phrase

    protection or security given by the police

  • advertising agency

    Phrase

    a company that plans and creates advertisements for clients

  • key up

    Phrase

    to make someone feel tense, nervous, or excited

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • meth

    Word

    methamphetamine, a highly addictive illegal drug

  • screw up

    Phrase

    to make a serious mistake or do something badly

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • golfer

    Word

    a person who plays golf

  • of the essence

    Phrase

    very important and needing immediate attention

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • reason with

    Phrase

    to try to persuade someone to do or accept something by using reason

  • grunt

    Word

    a short, low sound made by a person or an animal

  • accomplice

    Word

    a person who helps someone commit a crime or other bad act

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • gasp

    Word

    to take a quick breath in because you are surprised, shocked, or in pain

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • armed robbery

    Phrase

    a robbery in which the thief has a weapon or threatens to use one

  • flashlight

    Word

    a small battery-powered light you can carry in your hand

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • pick it up

    Phrase

    to speak or act more quickly

  • paralysis

    Word

    the loss of the ability to move part or all of the body

  • ignition

    Word

    the part of a car that starts the engine

  • unseen

    Word

    not seen or noticed

  • sounding

    Word

    the act of measuring how deep water is

  • spontaneous

    Word

    done in a natural, unplanned way

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

Continue in Slovnyx

Turn this preview into your personal study list.

Install Slovnyx to filter out words you know, save the useful ones, and practice them before you press play.