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Midsomer Murders S7E6: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 6CrimeDramaMystery

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  • reconsecrate

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    to make a place or object holy again

  • flogger

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    a whip made of several short leather strips

  • homeopath

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    a person who treats people with homeopathy

  • whir

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    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • mountebank

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    a person who tricks others, especially by pretending to have special knowledge or skills

  • medicate

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    to give someone medicine, or to treat a condition with medicine

  • irascible

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    easily annoyed or angered

  • satanist

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    a person who believes in or practices Satanism

  • jaunt

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    a short trip taken for pleasure

  • crumple

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    to crush or press into wrinkles or folds

  • churchgoer

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    a person who goes to church regularly

  • presto

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    used to say that something has happened quickly or as if by magic

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  • sanctify

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    to make something holy or sacred

  • lozenge

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    a small tablet you let dissolve in your mouth, often for a sore throat

  • rabble

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    a noisy, disorderly crowd

  • drivel

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    nonsense or stupid talk

  • livid

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    very angry

  • mantelpiece

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    the shelf or ledge above a fireplace

  • clucking

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    the short, low sound a hen makes

  • brimstone

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    an old word for sulfur

  • bearable

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    able to be endured without too much pain, trouble, or discomfort

  • cluck

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    a short, low sound made by a hen

  • vicarage

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    the house where a vicar lives

  • foxed

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    stained or discolored with brown spots, especially from age or dampness

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  • prowl

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    to move around quietly and carefully, especially while looking for something or someone

  • subcutaneous

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    located under the skin

  • liturgical

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    relating to a religious service or ceremony

  • obstinate

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    refusing to change your mind or behavior, even when other people try to persuade you

  • grumble

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    to complain quietly in an annoyed way

  • dispensation

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    an official permission that lets someone do something that is usually not allowed

  • incitement

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    the act of encouraging or urging someone to do something illegal or violent

  • welcomer

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

  • incarnate

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    having a human body; made real in physical form

  • christendom

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    the Christian world, especially as a social or historical community

  • leavings

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

  • effigy

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    a model or figure of a person, especially one made to be attacked or burned in public

  • peddle

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    to try to sell things by going from place to place

  • silvering

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    the process of turning silver in color

  • hag

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    an ugly old woman, especially one imagined as a witch

  • bigot

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    a person who strongly dislikes or refuses to accept people with different beliefs, opinions, or identities

  • plastering

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    the work of covering a wall or other surface with plaster

  • leukaemia

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    a serious cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow

  • hogging

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    to take or use more than your fair share of something

  • traditionalist

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    a person who strongly supports traditional values and customs

  • persecute

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

  • butchering

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    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

  • circumstantial

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    based on the facts and details of a situation

  • infatuated

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    having a strong but usually short-lived romantic attraction to someone

  • croak

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    to make a deep, hoarse sound, like a frog or a crow

  • overheat

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    to become too hot, or to make something too hot

  • vanquish

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    to defeat someone or something completely

  • abomination

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    something that is extremely disgusting or hateful

  • heathen

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    a person who does not follow a major religion, especially one who is not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim

  • thud

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    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • unduly

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    to a greater degree than is necessary or reasonable

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • curate

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    a person who chooses and organizes items, content, or information for presentation

  • alight

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    to get off a train, bus, or other vehicle

  • loathe

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    to feel strong dislike or disgust for someone or something

  • infusion

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    a liquid made by soaking herbs, fruit, or other plant material in water

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • deviant

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    different from what is normal or accepted

  • pitying

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    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • crackling

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    the sound of many short, sharp pops or snaps

  • pandora

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    in Greek myth, the woman who opened a box and released all the world's evils

  • kindred

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    closely related in nature, character, or feeling

  • tempest

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    a violent storm with strong winds

  • extinguisher

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    a device used to put out a fire

  • gravestone

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    a stone marker placed on a grave to remember the person buried there

  • conjure

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    to make something seem to appear from nowhere, often by using imagination or magic

  • creak

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    to make a harsh, high-pitched sound as it moves or is pressed

  • loathing

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    a strong feeling of hate or disgust

  • altercation

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    a short, noisy argument

  • dandelion

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    a common wild plant with yellow flowers and fluffy white seed heads

  • evener

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

  • loader

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    a machine used for picking up and moving loose materials or goods

  • meddle

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    to interfere in someone else's affairs when you are not wanted or needed

  • rationally

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    in a way that uses reason and logic

  • shortening

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    the act of making something shorter or less long

  • memento

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

  • squeak

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    to make a short, high-pitched sound

  • narcotic

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    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • chime

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    the sound made by bells or similar metal tubes

  • phosphorus

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    a chemical element used by living things and in fertilizers and matches

  • solace

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    comfort or relief when you are sad, upset, or in pain

  • snare

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    a trap, often a loop of wire or cord, used to catch animals

  • chemically

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    in a way that involves chemistry or chemical reactions

  • ghostly

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    looking pale, strange, or unreal, like a ghost

  • mutton

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    meat from an adult sheep, used as food

  • crypt

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    a room or vault under a church, often used for burial or prayer

  • banish

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    to force someone to leave a place, country, or group

  • screech

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    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • sedative

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    a drug that makes someone calm or sleepy

  • temperament

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    a person's usual way of reacting and behaving

  • hospice

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    a place that gives care to people who are very ill, especially near the end of life

  • evaporate

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    to change from a liquid into a gas

  • purify

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    to make something clean or pure

  • solvent

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    a liquid used to dissolve another substance

  • stripping

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    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • witchcraft

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    the use of magic, especially spells and evil magic

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