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Bones S1E17: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 17CrimeDrama

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  • overpay

    Word

    to pay more than something is worth or more than you should

  • deputize

    Word

    to give someone official authority to act for you

  • unawares

    Word

    unexpectedly; without warning or preparation

  • stodgy

    Word

    boring, old-fashioned, and lacking energy or style

  • beveled

    Word

    cut at an angle so the edge is slanted

  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • counterfeiter

    Word

    a person who makes fake money or copies of goods to sell as real

  • pupal

    Word

    relating to the pupa stage of an insect's life cycle

  • bevel

    Word

    an angled edge or surface cut between two sides

  • distrustful

    Word

    not trusting people or things easily

  • congruent

    Word

    matching in shape and size

  • insular

    Word

    uninterested in ideas, cultures, or people outside your own group

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  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • agitate

    Word

    to make someone feel worried or upset

  • vertebra

    Word

    one of the small bones that make up the spine

  • bedouin

    Word

    a member of a desert-dwelling Arab people, traditionally nomadic

  • melanoma

    Word

    a serious type of skin cancer

  • flaky

    Word

    breaking into small thin pieces or layers

  • clouding

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    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • hogging

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    to take or use more than your fair share of something

  • traditionalist

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    a person who strongly supports traditional values and customs

  • shrouded

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    covered or hidden so that you cannot see it clearly

  • searcher

    Word

    a person who looks for something

  • maggot

    Word

    the soft, legless larva of a fly

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  • pubic

    Word

    relating to the area around the pubic bone or genitals

  • dyeing

    Word

    the process of coloring fabric or other materials

  • cadaver

    Word

    a dead human body

  • commandeer

    Word

    to take control of a vehicle, building, or other thing, often by force

  • copped

    Word

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

  • rifling

    Word

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

  • resentful

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    feeling angry and unfairly treated, especially because someone else got something you wanted

  • cranial

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    relating to the skull

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • buzzard

    Word

    a large bird of prey that often circles high in the sky

  • sift

    Word

    to pass dry ingredients through a sieve to remove lumps or coarse bits

  • dweller

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    a person or animal that lives in a particular place

  • shroud

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    a cloth used to wrap a dead body before burial

  • engraver

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    a person who cuts designs or words into metal, wood, or stone

  • vantage

    Word

    a place or position that gives you a good view of something

  • suture

    Word

    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • haystack

    Word

    a pile of hay

  • evener

    Word

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

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • displace

    Word

    to take the place of something or someone

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • sandal

    Word

    a light shoe with an open front and straps

  • loaning

    Word

    the act of lending something to someone

  • stripping

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    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • shadowing

    Word

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • sharpen

    Word

    to make something sharp or sharper

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • brow

    Word

    the part of the face above the eyes and below the hairline

  • ribbed

    Word

    having raised ridges or lines

  • anthropologist

    Word

    a person who studies human societies, cultures, and how they change over time

  • far out

    Phrase

    very unusual, unconventional, or extreme

  • cover up

    Phrase

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

  • freaking

    Word

    used to add emphasis, especially in informal speech

  • counterfeit

    Word

    to make an illegal copy of something in order to trick people

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • naturalist

    Word

    a person who studies plants, animals, and nature

  • goodman

    Word

    an old-fashioned way of referring to a man, especially one of lower social rank

  • bluish

    Word

    slightly blue

  • rustic

    Word

    simple and charming in a country style

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • engraving

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    the process of cutting a design or words into a hard surface

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • caucasian

    Word

    a person from the Caucasus region

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • tread

    Word

    to step or walk in a careful, heavy, or deliberate way

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • weeping

    Word

    crying or showing tears

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • elk

    Word

    a large deer with big antlers, found in North America and parts of Eurasia

  • beat up

    Phrase

    to attack someone and hit them hard

  • coyote

    Word

    a small wild animal like a wolf, native to North America

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • nasal

    Word

    of or relating to the nose

  • canteen

    Word

    a small container for carrying water or other drinks

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • for days

    Phrase

    for a very long time

  • run off with

    Phrase

    to leave with something that does not belong to you, usually by stealing it

  • sift through

    Phrase

    to look through a group of things or information carefully to find something

  • muffin

    Word

    a small sweet cake, usually baked in a cup-shaped mold

  • floral

    Word

    relating to flowers or decorated with flowers

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • weep

    Word

    to cry and produce tears

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • caught up

    Phrase

    involved in a situation, often without wanting to be

  • drug dealer

    Phrase

    a person who sells illegal drugs

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • Native American

    Phrase

    relating to the Indigenous peoples of North America

  • grad student

    Phrase

    a student who is studying for a graduate degree

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • even out

    Phrase

    to become more level, even, or balanced

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