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Bones S1E20: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 20CrimeDrama

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  • overrate

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    to think or say that something is better, more important, or more valuable than it really is

  • intervertebral

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    relating to the space between vertebrae

  • sciatic

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    relating to the sciatic nerve

  • shingling

    Word

    the job of covering a roof with shingles

  • decedent

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    a person who has died, especially in legal or official language

  • irradiate

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    to expose to radiation

  • exhume

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    to dig up something buried, especially a body

  • scuff

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    to scrape or drag your foot or shoe along the ground

  • fireproofing

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    the process of making something resistant to fire

  • exhumation

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    the act of digging up a buried body

  • strontium

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    a soft, silver-white chemical element

  • mutilate

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    to injure someone or something badly and permanently

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  • malignancy

    Word

    the presence of cancerous cells in a tumor or tissue

  • cresting

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    to rise and become visible over the horizon

  • grafting

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    the process of joining parts of two plants so they grow as one

  • osteoporosis

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    a medical condition that makes bones weak and easy to break

  • tightness

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    the state of being tight or squeezed

  • cremate

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    to burn a dead body to ashes, usually as part of a funeral process

  • handiwork

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    work made by hand, especially something carefully crafted

  • burly

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    large, strong, and heavily built

  • welcomer

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

  • magnify

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    to make something look larger, especially with a lens or microscope

  • extricate

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    to free someone or something from a difficult place or situation

  • femoral

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    relating to the thigh bone or the upper part of the leg

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  • cancerous

    Word

    affected by cancer, or made of cancer cells

  • carpeting

    Word

    carpet material used to cover a floor

  • inevitability

    Word

    the fact that something is certain to happen and cannot be avoided

  • minuscule

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    extremely small

  • canvass

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

  • squint

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    to look at something with your eyes partly closed, often because of bright light or to see better

  • expertly

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    in a very skilled or effective way

  • contaminate

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

  • outlandish

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    strange, unusual, or shocking in appearance or style

  • mourner

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    a person who is grieving, especially someone at a funeral

  • spectroscopy

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    the scientific study of how matter interacts with light and other electromagnetic radiation

  • tibia

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    the larger bone in the lower part of the leg, between the knee and the ankle

  • cadaver

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    a dead human body

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • porous

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    full of tiny holes that let air or liquid pass through

  • sift

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

  • roofing

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    the work or business of building or repairing roofs

  • fluoride

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    a chemical compound that contains fluorine

  • quantitative

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    based on numbers or amounts

  • impeccable

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    perfect or without faults

  • remission

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    a period when a disease gets better or is less active

  • excise

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    a tax on certain goods, such as alcohol, tobacco, or fuel

  • asbestos

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    a strong, heat-resistant mineral once used in building materials, now known to be dangerous when breathed in

  • certify

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    to officially say or prove that something is true, correct, or acceptable

  • taint

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    to spoil something by adding a harmful or unwanted substance or influence

  • startle

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    to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

  • diseased

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    affected by disease; not healthy

  • sludge

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    thick, wet mud or dirty liquid with solid material in it

  • bicker

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    to argue about small, unimportant things

  • mortuary

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    a place where dead bodies are kept and prepared for burial or cremation

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • evener

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

  • notching

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    make small cuts or grooves in something

  • inhale

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    to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs

  • morphology

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    the study of the forms and structure of living things

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • prognosis

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    a doctor's judgment about how a disease or injury is likely to develop

  • graft

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    a piece of a plant that is joined to another plant so they grow together

  • elemental

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    relating to the forces of nature or to basic natural elements

  • factoring

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

  • fictitious

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    not real; invented or made up

  • incision

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    a small cut made in the body, usually during an operation

  • pelvis

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    the large group of bones at the bottom of the spine, between the hips

  • anomaly

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    something that is different from what is normal or expected

  • chops

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    the sides of the face below the eyes

  • inched

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    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • rightly

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    in a way that is deserved or justified

  • coasting

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    the act of moving along without using power

  • pathology

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    the study of diseases and the changes they cause in the body

  • afloat

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    floating on water and not sinking

  • gruesome

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    very shocking and disgusting, especially because of violence or injury

  • keyed

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    locked with a key

  • harvesting

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    the act of gathering a crop from the fields

  • none the wiser

    Phrase

    not aware that something has happened

  • soothing

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    making you feel calm and relaxed

  • the Hatfields and the McCoys

    Phrase

    a long-lasting feud between two families or groups

  • intrigue

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    to make someone very interested or curious

  • anatomical

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    relating to the structure of the body or of a body part

  • showroom

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    a room where products are shown to customers before they buy them

  • kicker

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    a player whose job is to kick the ball in football

  • sizing

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

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • migraine

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    a severe headache that often affects one side of the head and may cause nausea or vision problems

  • fives

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

  • designate

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    to officially choose someone for a job or role

  • casket

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    a small decorative box for jewelry, letters, or other valuables

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • nicking

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    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • yuck

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    used to show that you find something disgusting or very unpleasant

  • fancied

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    imagined rather than real

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • profiling

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

  • recollection

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    the act of remembering something

  • implant

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    to place a medical device inside the body by surgery

  • louvre

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    a set of slats or blades that lets air and light pass through

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

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