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Criminal Minds S1E16: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 16CrimeDramaMystery

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  • instep

    Word

    the raised part of the top of the foot between the toes and the ankle

  • comanches

    Word

    a person who belongs to the Comanche people

  • perceptible

    Word

    able to be noticed or seen

  • stealthily

    Word

    in a way that is careful and quiet so that no one notices

  • flay

    Word

    to remove the skin or outer layer from a person or animal

  • impale

    Word

    to pierce or pin something with a sharp object

  • mutilate

    Word

    to injure someone or something badly and permanently

  • disavow

    Word

    to say that you do not support or are not responsible for something

  • trespasser

    Word

    a person who enters land or property without permission

  • decapitate

    Word

    to cut off someone's head

  • personalize

    Word

    to change something so it fits a person's needs or preferences

  • apaches

    Word

    a member of a Native American people from the southwestern United States

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  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • repossess

    Word

    to take back something, especially a car or house, because someone has not made the required payments

  • vehemently

    Word

    in a forceful, angry, or passionate way

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • canvass

    Word

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

  • contaminate

    Word

    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • clink

    Word

    to make a light, sharp ringing sound

  • poling

    Word

    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

  • fanatical

    Word

    showing extreme, single-minded enthusiasm or support

  • perceptive

    Word

    good at noticing and understanding things quickly

  • vengeful

    Word

    having a strong desire to get revenge

  • shredding

    Word

    the act of cutting or tearing something into small pieces

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  • copped

    Word

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

  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • internment

    Word

    the act of keeping someone in prison or a camp, especially during a war or for political reasons

  • trespass

    Word

    to enter land or property without permission

  • mutilation

    Word

    the act of badly injuring or cutting off part of a body

  • pueblo

    Word

    a village in the southwestern U.S. built in the traditional style of some Native American peoples

  • 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

  • retaliate

    Word

    to hurt or punish someone in return for something they did to you

  • vacate

    Word

    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • insurgent

    Word

    a person who fights against a government or other authority, especially as part of an armed group

  • factoring

    Word

    the practice of selling unpaid bills to get money before they are paid

  • terra

    Word

    land or ground, especially as opposed to water or air

  • jargon

    Word

    special words and phrases used by a particular group, especially in a job or field

  • coo

    Word

    to make the soft sound that a pigeon or dove makes

  • mesa

    Word

    a flat area of land with steep sides and a flat top

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • hateful

    Word

    showing hate or strong dislike

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • eminent domain

    Phrase

    the legal power of a government to take private property for public use, with payment

  • inclination

    Word

    a natural tendency to think, feel, or act in a certain way

  • the half of it

    Phrase

    used to say that something is much more serious, surprising, or extreme than it first seemed

  • cache

    Word

    a hidden store of things kept for later use

  • angry white man

    Phrase

    a white man who is seen as angry, resentful, and politically conservative or reactionary

  • come right

    Phrase

    to end well or be resolved successfully

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • sioux

    Word

    a member of a Native American people from the Great Plains

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • eminent

    Word

    famous and respected, especially in a profession or field

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • camper

    Word

    a person who goes camping

  • your man

    Phrase

    the person who is best suited to do something or help with it

  • kidnapper

    Word

    a person who kidnaps someone

  • tramp

    Word

    walk heavily or noisily

  • shred

    Word

    to cut or tear something into small pieces

  • affinity

    Word

    a natural liking for or connection with someone or something

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • going away

    Phrase

    the act of leaving a place

  • fives

    Word

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • jackass

    Word

    a male donkey

  • exert

    Word

    to use effort, energy, or influence to do something or to affect something

  • rhetoric

    Word

    the skill of using language to persuade or impress people

  • stupidity

    Word

    behavior that shows very poor judgment or common sense

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • mass murderer

    Phrase

    a person who has killed many people in one incident

  • provoke

    Word

    to cause a strong reaction or feeling, especially anger, fear, or excitement

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • messiah

    Word

    the promised savior in Jewish belief

  • alibi

    Word

    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • spree

    Word

    a short period of doing a lot of one activity, often in an uncontrolled way

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • manifesto

    Word

    a public statement of a group's aims or beliefs, especially in politics

  • settler

    Word

    a person who moves to a new place and starts living there

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • hereditary

    Word

    passed from parents to children through genes

  • coroner

    Word

    an official who investigates deaths that are sudden, violent, or unexplained

  • irrational

    Word

    not based on clear thought or good judgment

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • insanity

    Word

    a state of severe mental illness

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • stoop

    Word

    to bend your body forward and down

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • motivate

    Word

    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • petty theft

    Phrase

    a small or minor theft

  • resisting arrest

    Phrase

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

  • good spirits

    Phrase

    a cheerful or positive mood

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • manipulation

    Word

    the act of skillfully handling or controlling something

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • pike

    Word

    a long weapon with a pointed metal tip, used in the past by soldiers

  • Native American

    Phrase

    relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America

  • construction worker

    Phrase

    a person whose job is to do building work on construction sites

  • labor union

    Phrase

    an organization of workers that protects their rights and negotiates with employers

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