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NCIS S2E2: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 2CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • gumption

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    practical confidence and the ability to deal with problems

  • idealize

    Word

    to think of someone or something as better, more perfect, or more attractive than they really are

  • bordello

    Word

    a brothel

  • sweepings

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

  • swatch

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    a small sample of fabric, color, or material

  • throb

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    to beat or move with a strong, regular rhythm

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • virginal

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    having the qualities traditionally associated with a virgin, especially innocence or purity

  • cleanser

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    a substance or product used for cleaning something, especially skin or a surface

  • bayed

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    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • fatten

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    to make a person or animal fatter

  • liturgical

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    relating to a religious service or ceremony

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  • amorous

    Word

    showing strong sexual interest or desire

  • leavings

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

  • reenact

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    to perform or show something again, especially a past event

  • swain

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    a man who is courting someone; a lover or boyfriend

  • indentation

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    a blank space at the start of a line of text

  • canvass

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

  • settee

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    a long seat for two or more people, usually with a back and arms

  • traceable

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    able to be traced or followed

  • asphyxiation

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    the condition of not getting enough oxygen, which can cause unconsciousness or death

  • captor

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    a person who has captured and is holding someone prisoner

  • dislodge

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    to force something out of the place where it is stuck or fixed

  • confidant

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    a person you trust with private thoughts or secrets

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  • padlock

    Word

    a small lock with a U-shaped metal bar, used for doors, gates, bikes, and boxes

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • likable

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    pleasant and easy to like

  • bolting

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    running away suddenly and quickly

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • tat

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    a small knot or loop in thread, cord, or rope

  • rivet

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    a metal pin used to join pieces of metal together

  • evener

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

  • inhale

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    to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs

  • intestinal

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    relating to the intestines

  • obedient

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    willing to do what someone in authority asks or tells you to do

  • reenactment

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    the act of performing or showing something again

  • pertinent

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    relevant to the subject being discussed

  • bongo

    Word

    a pair of small drums played with the hands

  • vacate

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    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • anomaly

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    something that is different from what is normal or expected

  • coronary

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    relating to the blood vessels that supply the heart

  • quadrant

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    one of four equal parts of a circle or space

  • pathology

    Word

    the study of diseases and the changes they cause in the body

  • keyed

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    locked with a key

  • hang in the balance

    Phrase

    to be in a very uncertain or risky situation

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • bedding

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    sheets, blankets, and other things used on a bed

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • dehydration

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    the condition of having lost too much water

  • sizing

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

  • remembrance

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    the act of remembering something or someone

  • sex change

    Phrase

    a medical treatment or operation that changes a person's sex characteristics

  • mutually exclusive

    Phrase

    describing two things that cannot both be true, happen, or exist at the same time

  • case report

    Phrase

    a short written report about a medical patient, especially one with an unusual condition or treatment

  • beat on

    Phrase

    to keep talking for a long time in a boring or annoying way

  • eddy

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    a small area of water, air, or smoke that moves in a circle against the main flow

  • off the face of the earth

    Phrase

    used to say that something has completely disappeared or been destroyed

  • competence

    Word

    the ability to do a job or task well

  • fives

    Word

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

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • hind

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    located at the back; behind the front part

  • seniority

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    the fact of having worked for an organization longer than other people, or of being higher in rank

  • caucasian

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    a person from the Caucasus region

  • chaplain

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    a religious official who works for a hospital, school, prison, military unit, or similar group

  • padre

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    a title used for a Catholic priest

  • profiling

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

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • abduction

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

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • mutually

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    in a way that is shared by both sides or people

  • recreate

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    make something again, especially in a new or different way

  • garage sale

    Phrase

    a sale of used items held at someone's home, usually in the garage or yard

  • third class

    Phrase

    the cheapest travel class on a ship or train

  • bagging

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    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • lighten

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    to make or become lighter in color, weight, or mood

  • contradiction

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    a fact, idea, or statement that is opposite to another one and cannot both be true

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • pamphlet

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    a small booklet or leaflet about one subject

  • carry on

    Phrase

    to take a bag or other item onto an airplane with you instead of checking it

  • kneel

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    to rest on one or both knees

  • bossed

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    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • master key

    Phrase

    a key that can open several different locks

  • framing

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

  • hands on

    Phrase

    involving doing things yourself, not just watching or planning

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • flashlight

    Word

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

  • accumulate

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    to build up or collect over time

  • work in

    Phrase

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

  • hang in

    Phrase

    to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

  • sounding

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    the act of measuring how deep water is

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • bolt cutter

    Phrase

    a large hand tool used for cutting thick metal objects like bolts, chains, or wire

  • violate

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    to break a rule, law, or agreement

  • lettered

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    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • ducking

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    to lower your head or body quickly to avoid being hit or seen

  • violently

    Word

    with a lot of force or energy

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