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Castle S3E9: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 9DramaCrime

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  • estrange

    Word

    to make people less close or friendly

  • ingress

    Word

    the act of entering a place

  • triangulate

    Word

    to find the position of something by using measurements from known points

  • feeler

    Word

    a long thin part of an animal, such as a tentacle or antenna, used for feeling or exploring

  • tawdry

    Word

    showy in a cheap, tasteless way

  • rappel

    Word

    to descend a steep rock face using a rope

  • antacid

    Word

    a medicine that reduces acid in the stomach

  • injector

    Word

    a device that injects fuel, medicine, or another liquid

  • thesaurus

    Word

    a book or online tool that lists words with similar meanings

  • deliciously

    Word

    in a way that is very pleasant or enjoyable

  • transcendent

    Word

    beyond ordinary human experience or understanding

  • anomalous

    Word

    different from what is normal or expected

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  • gnaw

    Word

    to bite or chew something repeatedly, especially for a long time

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • twittering

    Word

    the soft, repeated sound birds make

  • rearer

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    a person who breeds and cares for animals

  • leavings

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

  • savor

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    to enjoy something very much by paying close attention to it

  • crass

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    rude, insensitive, and lacking good taste

  • pomp

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    a show of impressive ceremony, luxury, or grandeur

  • unbutton

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    to undo the buttons on a piece of clothing

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

  • fascinate

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    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • aggregation

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    the process of collecting things or data into one group

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  • fragmented

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    broken into small parts or pieces

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • dyeing

    Word

    the process of coloring fabric or other materials

  • embed

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    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • tracer

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    something used to trace or track something else

  • imaginable

    Word

    able to be imagined or thought of

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • sinus

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    one of the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose and eyes

  • prod

    Word

    to poke or push something with a finger or a pointed object

  • knoll

    Word

    a small hill

  • cryptic

    Word

    mysterious or hard to understand

  • cyanide

    Word

    a very poisonous chemical compound used in some industrial processes

  • hysteria

    Word

    a state of wild, uncontrolled emotion or excitement

  • evener

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

  • vial

    Word

    a small glass container for holding a liquid, especially medicine

  • opus

    Word

    a work of art, music, or writing, especially one that is important or impressive

  • confiscate

    Word

    to take something away from someone using legal or official authority

  • ness

    Word

    a suffix added to adjectives to form nouns meaning a quality or state

  • shadowy

    Word

    dark, hard to see clearly, or partly hidden in shadow

  • stuffy

    Word

    with little or no fresh air; too warm and airless

  • fondness

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    a feeling of liking or affection for someone or something

  • astounding

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    extremely impressive or surprising

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • beamed

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    smiled broadly and happily

  • canoeing

    Word

    the activity of traveling in a canoe using paddles

  • overalls

    Word

    a piece of clothing with trousers and a bib front, worn over a shirt for work or casual wear

  • nicotine

    Word

    the addictive substance in tobacco

  • anomaly

    Word

    something that is different from what is normal or expected

  • concede

    Word

    to admit that something is true, valid, or right, especially after resisting it

  • evaporate

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    to change from a liquid into a gas

  • smuggle

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    to move goods secretly across a border or into a country illegally

  • ruptured

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    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

  • turnpike

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    a toll road, especially a major highway

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • discredit

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    to damage someone’s or something’s reputation

  • morgue

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

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • butting

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    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • redirect

    Word

    to send something to a different place, person, or direction

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • swipe

    Word

    to move a finger across a touch screen to make something happen

  • blurry

    Word

    not clear, sharp, or easy to see

  • alien abduction

    Phrase

    the supposed kidnapping of a person by aliens

  • less so

    Phrase

    to a lesser degree; not as much

  • erratic

    Word

    changing suddenly and unpredictably

  • drive back

    Phrase

    to force an enemy or crowd to move back

  • adjoin

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    to be next to something and touch it along one side

  • behold

    Word

    to look at something with attention or wonder

  • rupture

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    a serious break in a relationship or situation

  • fives

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

  • packer

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    a person whose job is to pack goods into boxes or containers

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • espionage

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    the secret gathering of information about another country or organization

  • leverage

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

  • crumble

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    to break into small pieces or fall apart

  • tip off

    Phrase

    to secretly give someone information, especially to warn them or help them

  • fancied

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    imagined rather than real

  • pay grade

    Phrase

    a pay level in a system that sets how much someone earns, especially in the military or government

  • alibi

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    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • loch

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    a lake, especially in Scotland

  • repetitive

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    boring because it involves the same actions or things again and again

  • abduction

    Word

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

  • implant

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    to place a medical device inside the body by surgery

  • hit with

    Phrase

    to tell someone something surprising or unpleasant, especially suddenly

  • one and the same

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that two things are exactly the same

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • put out

    Phrase

    to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

  • stuck up

    Phrase

    snobbish and thinking you are better than other people

  • arming

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    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • too right

    Phrase

    Used to show strong agreement or approval

  • budget cut

    Phrase

    a reduction in planned spending

  • mend

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    to repair something, especially by hand

  • cocky

    Word

    too confident in yourself in a way that annoys other people

  • credibility

    Word

    the quality of being trusted and believed

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