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The Walking Dead S11E20: English vocabulary

Season 11, Episode 20Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy

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  • mishandle

    Word

    to handle or manage something badly

  • deprecate

    Word

    to say that you do not approve of something

  • sweepings

    Word

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

  • renege

    Word

    to fail to keep a promise, agreement, or duty

  • abscond

    Word

    to leave secretly, especially to avoid being caught

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • indistinctly

    Word

    in a way that is not clear or easy to hear, see, or understand

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • scrappy

    Word

    rough, messy, or made up of small broken pieces

  • thoracic

    Word

    relating to the chest area

  • ravage

    Word

    to cause serious damage to something

  • caroling

    Word

    singing Christmas carols, often while going from house to house

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  • truncate

    Word

    to make something shorter by cutting off part of it

  • felon

    Word

    a person who has been convicted of a serious crime

  • melee

    Word

    a confused fight or struggle involving several people

  • disinfectant

    Word

    a chemical used to kill germs on surfaces

  • optics

    Word

    the scientific study of light and how it behaves

  • evener

    Word

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

  • invaluable

    Word

    so useful or valuable that you could not manage without it

  • distraught

    Word

    very upset, worried, or shocked

  • converse

    Word

    to talk with someone in a formal or polite way

  • trooper

    Word

    a soldier in the cavalry or another military unit

  • quadrant

    Word

    one of four equal parts of a circle or space

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

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  • pluck

    Word

    to pull something off or out from where it grows or is attached

  • linger

    Word

    to stay somewhere longer than needed, often because you do not want to leave

  • bleak

    Word

    (of a place or situation) empty, cold, and without much hope or comfort

  • impartial

    Word

    fair and not influenced by personal feelings or sides

  • done for

    Phrase

    in a situation where failure or disaster seems certain

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • death warrant

    Phrase

    an official order to carry out a death sentence

  • barker

    Word

    a person who stands outside a theater, circus, or similar place and tries to attract customers

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • leverage

    Word

    the power or advantage you get from using something to help you achieve more

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • footstep

    Word

    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • prevailing

    Word

    most common or widely accepted at a particular time

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • keep the peace

    Phrase

    to help prevent conflict or violence in a difficult situation

  • reckoning

    Word

    the act of making a calculation or estimate

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • defiance

    Word

    open refusal to obey or accept authority

  • mean the world to

    Phrase

    to be very important or deeply meaningful to someone

  • prevail

    Word

    to become stronger or more successful than something else

  • sesame

    Word

    a plant grown for its small edible seeds

  • stroll

    Word

    a short, relaxed walk

  • New Age

    Phrase

    relating to the New Age movement and its spiritual ideas

  • publicity stunt

    Phrase

    something done mainly to get public attention or publicity

  • indistinct

    Word

    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • uphold

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    to support and keep something going, especially a belief, rule, or principle

  • wrongly

    Word

    in a mistaken or incorrect way

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • infrastructure

    Word

    the basic systems and services a society needs, such as roads, power, and water

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • resentment

    Word

    a feeling of anger and hurt because you think you have been treated unfairly

  • hand off

    Phrase

    to give something to another person or group, especially so they can continue using or dealing with it

  • migrant

    Word

    a person who moves to another place or country to live or work

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • warden

    Word

    a person who is in charge of a prison or another place and makes sure rules are followed

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • lance

    Word

    a long weapon with a pointed metal tip, used for thrusting

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • tick

    Word

    a small insect-like animal that bites animals and people and sucks blood

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • next generation

    Phrase

    the generation that comes after the current one

  • unrest

    Word

    a feeling of anger, worry, or lack of peace among a group of people

  • literal

    Word

    using the exact meaning of words, without exaggeration or metaphor

  • toned

    Word

    having firm, well-defined muscles

  • forwarding

    Word

    the act of sending something on to another place

  • no way

    Phrase

    an emphatic way of saying that something is impossible or that you strongly refuse it

  • assured

    Word

    certain and confident

  • dilemma

    Word

    a hard choice between two or more options, especially when each one has a drawback

  • commonwealth

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    a political community or state, especially one based on the common good

  • second chance

    Phrase

    another chance to do something after you failed or missed it before

  • count on

    Phrase

    to depend on someone or something and trust that they will help or happen

  • cornered

    Word

    trapped or in a difficult position with little chance of escape

  • hands off

    Phrase

    used to tell someone not to touch something or someone

  • bonded

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    joined firmly to something else by glue, heat, or pressure

  • vain

    Word

    having too much pride in your appearance or abilities

  • put down

    Phrase

    to place something on a surface or in a lower position

  • righter

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    more correct or more suitable

  • sweeping

    Word

    covering a wide area or affecting many things

  • stand up

    Phrase

    to support or defend someone or something

  • mores

    Word

    the customs and accepted ways of behaving in a society or group

  • this time

    Phrase

    at the same point in time as something else

  • kangaroo

    Word

    a large Australian animal that moves by jumping and carries its baby in a pouch

  • put up

    Phrase

    to build or erect something

  • so much

    Phrase

    to a very great degree; very much

  • open up

    Phrase

    to make something open, or to become open

  • prosecution

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    the lawyers and officials who try to prove someone is guilty in court

  • porter

    Word

    a person whose job is to carry luggage, especially in a hotel or station

  • perimeter

    Word

    the outer edge or boundary of an area or shape

  • go on

    Phrase

    to continue doing something or to continue in a state

  • get in

    Phrase

    to enter a vehicle or enclosed space

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