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NCIS S3E4: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 4CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • horrify

    Word

    to make someone feel very shocked, frightened, or disgusted

  • sorrowed

    Word

    feeling or showing deep sadness, especially after a death or loss

  • objectify

    Word

    to treat a person as if they were only a body or a thing, not a full human being

  • oxbow

    Word

    a U-shaped bend in a river, often forming a lake when cut off

  • soliloquy

    Word

    a speech in which a character in a play speaks their thoughts aloud while alone

  • unfurl

    Word

    to open out from a rolled or folded state

  • decapitate

    Word

    to cut off someone's head

  • mummify

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    to preserve a dead body by treating it and wrapping it in cloth

  • welcomer

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

  • hobo

    Word

    a homeless person who travels from place to place looking for work

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

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  • reenact

    Word

    to perform or show something again, especially a past event

  • keepsake

    Word

    something kept because it reminds you of a person, place, or event

  • ravage

    Word

    to cause serious damage to something

  • jumpy

    Word

    nervous and easily startled

  • sarcophagus

    Word

    a large stone coffin, often decorated and used in ancient times

  • clawed

    Word

    having claws or claw-like parts

  • shredding

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    the act of cutting or tearing something into small pieces

  • copped

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

  • rifling

    Word

    the spiral grooves inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin

  • decompose

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    to break down naturally into simpler substances

  • mallard

    Word

    a wild duck with a green head, common in many parts of the world

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

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  • suffocating

    Word

    making it hard to breathe because the air is hot, thick, or smoky

  • graver

    Word

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • suffocate

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    to stop someone from breathing, or to die because there is not enough air

  • evener

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

  • reenactment

    Word

    the act of performing or showing something again

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • projectile

    Word

    an object that is thrown or fired through the air

  • scavenger

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    an animal that eats dead animals or leftover food

  • musket

    Word

    an old type of gun with a long barrel, used before modern rifles

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • photographic memory

    Phrase

    an unusually good memory for details

  • monkey suit

    Phrase

    a tuxedo or formal suit, especially in a humorous way

  • kick butt

    Phrase

    to be very good or impressive

  • with young

    Phrase

    pregnant, used about a female animal

  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • anthropologist

    Word

    a person who studies human societies, cultures, and how they change over time

  • unheard

    Word

    not heard or not listened to

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • sanitary

    Word

    clean and safe for health

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • waffle

    Word

    a flat cake with a pattern of squares, often eaten for breakfast

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • flagging

    Word

    becoming weaker or less active

  • liaison officer

    Phrase

    a person whose job is to help two groups or organizations communicate and work together

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

    Word

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

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • page in

    Phrase

    to load data into memory from a storage device

  • anthropology

    Word

    the study of human societies, cultures, and how they develop

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • inquire

    Word

    to ask for information or details

  • stand corrected

    Phrase

    to admit that you were wrong after someone corrects you

  • casket

    Word

    a small decorative box for jewelry, letters, or other valuables

  • converter

    Word

    a device that changes one form of electricity or signal into another

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • channeling

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    the act of directing energy, money, or attention into something

  • constructive

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    helpful and likely to improve something

  • unpack

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    to take things out of a bag, box, or other container

  • profiling

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    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • recollection

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    the act of remembering something

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • fall into the wrong hands

    Phrase

    to be obtained by people who should not have it

  • confederate

    Word

    a person who works with another person in a secret or illegal plan; an accomplice

  • reload

    Word

    to load something again, especially a gun, printer, or web page

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • investigative

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    used for investigating or intended to investigate

  • hoax

    Word

    a trick or lie meant to make people believe something false

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • get right

    Phrase

    to do something correctly or in the right way

  • the finest

    Phrase

    the police

  • past life

    Phrase

    a time in the past in someone's life

  • spied

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    to notice or see someone or something unexpectedly

  • itch

    Word

    to feel an uncomfortable sensation on your skin that makes you want to scratch

  • germ

    Word

    a tiny living thing, especially one that can cause disease

  • run against

    Phrase

    to compete against someone in an election

  • resisting arrest

    Phrase

    the crime of trying to stop a police officer from arresting someone

  • court appearance

    Phrase

    a scheduled time when someone must go to court

  • housing project

    Phrase

    a group of public housing buildings for people with low incomes

  • photographic

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    relating to photographs or photography

  • leasing

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    the act of renting something, especially a car or equipment, for a period of time

  • tackled

    Word

    to deal with a problem or task in a determined way

  • fertilizer

    Word

    a substance you add to soil to help plants grow

  • dress code

    Phrase

    the rules about what people are expected to wear in a place or at an event

  • liaison

    Word

    a person who helps two people or groups work or communicate together

  • imagery

    Word

    words or images that create strong pictures or feelings in the mind

  • come along

    Phrase

    to appear or happen, especially by chance

  • tape off

    Phrase

    to mark an area so people cannot enter it, usually with tape

  • caffeine

    Word

    a substance in coffee, tea, and some other plants that makes you feel more awake

  • puke

    Word

    to vomit

  • shack

    Word

    a small, simple, roughly built house or shelter

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • hook up

    Phrase

    to connect a device to a power source or another device

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

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