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NCIS S3E17: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 17CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • jaundiced

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    affected by jaundice and looking yellowish

  • putrid

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    rotting and giving off a very bad smell

  • ravish

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    to delight or captivate someone completely

  • stomaching

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    the present participle of stomach

  • sinew

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    a tough band of tissue that connects muscles and bones

  • rhinestone

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    a small shiny piece of glass or plastic used to decorate clothes or jewelry

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • cherokees

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    the plural form of Cherokee, a Native American people from the southeastern United States

  • cornucopia

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    something that shows a large amount or variety of things

  • rafter

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    a sloping beam that supports a roof

  • leavings

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

  • damsel

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    a young woman, especially in old stories or formal language

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  • follicle

    Word

    a small sac or tube in the body where something grows or is stored

  • poacher

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    a person who illegally hunts or catches wild animals

  • scat

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    to run away quickly; to leave in a hurry

  • hud

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    a display that shows information on top of a screen or view

  • cirrhosis

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    a serious liver disease that causes scarring and poor liver function

  • deliverance

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    the act of being rescued or set free

  • searcher

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    a person who looks for something

  • poling

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

  • yom

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    the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur

  • methyl

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    a chemical group, CH3, found in many organic compounds

  • scalpel

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    a small sharp knife used by doctors in surgery

  • sponging

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    clean something with a sponge

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  • overwork

    Word

    to work too much, especially so that you become tired or stressed

  • cadaver

    Word

    a dead human body

  • overheat

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    to become too hot, or to make something too hot

  • rifling

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

  • sleazy

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    dishonest, immoral, or unpleasant in a way that seems dirty or cheap

  • scone

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    a small baked bread roll, often served with tea

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • misread

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    to read something wrongly or understand it in the wrong way

  • swab

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    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • instantaneous

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    happening immediately; done in no time

  • pancreas

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    an organ behind the stomach that helps digest food and makes insulin

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • faxed

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    to send something by fax

  • vandal

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    a person who deliberately damages property or public places

  • nit

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    the egg of a louse, especially one attached to a hair

  • dueling

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    to compete directly against someone, especially in a performance or contest

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • hinged

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    fastened with a hinge or hinges so it can swing open and shut

  • haystack

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    a pile of hay

  • interrogate

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    to question someone closely for a long time, especially in an official or forceful way

  • evener

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

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • rowan

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    a tree with clusters of small red berries, often called mountain ash

  • skylight

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    a window in a roof or ceiling that lets in light

  • kiln

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    a special oven used for drying, baking, or firing pottery and bricks

  • brunette

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    a woman or girl with dark brown hair

  • stroking

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    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • prescribe

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    to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

  • pickled

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    preserved in vinegar or salty water

  • canoeing

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    the activity of traveling in a canoe using paddles

  • plausible

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    seeming reasonable or likely to be true

  • trooper

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    a soldier in the cavalry or another military unit

  • petite

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    small and attractively delicate, especially used about a woman

  • caramel

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    a soft, chewy sweet made from sugar, butter, and milk or cream

  • inched

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    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • kosher

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    allowed or prepared according to Jewish religious dietary laws

  • forget you

    Phrase

    an angry or dismissive way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • pulp fiction

    Phrase

    cheap, sensational fiction that is made mainly to entertain

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • should hope

    Phrase

    used to strongly agree that something is obviously true or expected

  • tripping

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    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • not done

    Phrase

    not acceptable in polite society; considered improper or rude

  • bag and tag

    Phrase

    to put a dead body in a body bag and attach an identification tag

  • cover up

    Phrase

    to hide the truth about something, especially a mistake or crime

  • sizing

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

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • predatory

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    hunting and killing other animals for food

  • camper

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    a person who goes camping

  • assault and battery

    Phrase

    the crime of attacking someone and physically hurting them

  • hot and bothered

    Phrase

    sexually aroused or excited

  • medical examiner

    Phrase

    a government official who examines deaths to determine the cause

  • fives

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

  • recital

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    a public performance of music or dance, often by a student or solo performer

  • dosage

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    the amount of medicine or a drug that should be taken at one time or over a period of time

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • complicate

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    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • forearm

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    the part of your arm between the elbow and the wrist

  • caucasian

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    a person from the Caucasus region

  • vandalism

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    the deliberate damaging or destroying of property

  • porcupine

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    a large rodent with sharp quills on its body

  • digestive

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    relating to digestion

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • slam dunk

    Phrase

    something that is very easy to do or achieve

  • profiling

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

  • jarring

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    causing a sudden unpleasant feeling because it does not fit well with what is around it

  • mammoth

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    a very large extinct elephant with long curved tusks

  • 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

  • muzzle

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    a cover put over an animal's mouth to stop it biting or barking

  • saliva

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    the liquid in your mouth that helps you chew and swallow food

  • abduction

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

  • booting

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    the process of starting a computer

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • build in

    Phrase

    to add something to a design or system so it is included from the start

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