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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S7E22: English vocabulary

Season 7, Episode 22CrimeDramaMystery

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  • debilitate

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    to make someone or something weaker or less effective

  • intoxicate

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    to affect with alcohol or drugs, especially so that someone becomes confused or less clear-minded

  • convulsive

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    involving sudden, uncontrolled shaking or jerking

  • dehumanize

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    to treat people as if they are less than fully human

  • relapsing

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    happening again after a period of improvement

  • misinform

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    to give someone wrong or misleading information

  • relaxant

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    a substance that helps the body or muscles relax

  • contusion

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    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • convulsion

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    a sudden, violent shaking of the body caused by illness or a medical condition

  • recant

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    to formally say that you no longer believe or support something you said before

  • copious

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    large in amount or number; plentiful

  • therapeutics

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    the study of how medicines and other treatments help treat disease

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  • agitate

    Word

    to make someone feel worried or upset

  • strapping

    Word

    tall, strong, and healthy-looking

  • muscling

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    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • laceration

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    a deep cut or tear in the skin

  • fining

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    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • vehicular

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    relating to vehicles or their use

  • swerve

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    to turn or move suddenly to one side to avoid something

  • stipulate

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    to state or require something as part of an agreement

  • abrasion

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    the wearing away of a surface by rubbing or scraping

  • heinous

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    extremely evil and shocking

  • infatuated

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    having a strong but usually short-lived romantic attraction to someone

  • sedate

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    calm, quiet, and not lively

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  • spout

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    to send out liquid in a sudden flow or stream

  • legitimately

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    in a way that is fair, legal, or genuinely deserved

  • tempering

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    the process of heating and cooling metal to make it harder and less brittle

  • bombard

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    to attack a place with bombs or shells

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • libertarian

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    a person who supports libertarian ideas, especially less government control and more personal freedom

  • regimen

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    a planned course of treatment, diet, or exercise for health

  • vaginal

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    relating to the vagina

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • defer

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    to delay something until a later time

  • diligent

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    careful and hardworking, especially in doing tasks well

  • remand

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    to send a case back to a lower court for further action

  • solicit

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    to ask for money, help, or information in a formal way

  • negligent

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    not careful enough, especially in a way that causes harm or breaks a duty

  • evener

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

  • relapse

    Word

    a return of a disease or bad habit after a period of improvement

  • electrode

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    a metal part that electricity enters or leaves through

  • adjourn

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    to stop a meeting, trial, or game for a time, with plans to continue later

  • assailant

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    a person who attacks someone physically

  • depressive

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    related to depression or showing signs of depression

  • bipolar

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    having two opposite parts, sides, or poles

  • prescribe

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    to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

  • pelvis

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

  • motoring

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    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • compel

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    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • involuntary

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    done without conscious control

  • virginity

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    the state of never having had sex

  • ruptured

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    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

  • manic

    Word

    showing very excited, restless, or out-of-control energy

  • recessed

    Word

    set back into a surface so it does not stick out

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • philharmonic

    Word

    a symphony orchestra

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • expert witness

    Phrase

    a person who gives expert evidence in a court case

  • psychiatry

    Word

    the branch of medicine that deals with mental illness and emotional disorders

  • flagging

    Word

    becoming weaker or less active

  • scream for

    Phrase

    to strongly suggest that something is needed or appropriate

  • skirting

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    a board or strip fixed along the bottom of a wall

  • rupture

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    a serious break in a relationship or situation

  • migraine

    Word

    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

  • bounding

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    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • tabling

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    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • shock therapy

    Phrase

    a medical treatment that uses electric shocks to treat severe mental illness

  • fall in

    Phrase

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

  • legitimacy

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    the quality of being accepted as legal, real, or valid

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • rapped

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    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • trajectory

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    the path that something moving through the air or space follows

  • manslaughter

    Word

    the crime of killing someone without intending to kill them

  • therapeutic

    Word

    relating to the treatment of illness or injury

  • hook up with

    Phrase

    to start a casual romantic or sexual relationship with someone

  • flight risk

    Phrase

    a person who is likely to run away before a trial or punishment

  • prosecute

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    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • torso

    Word

    the main part of the human body, not including the head, arms, or legs

  • choke on

    Phrase

    to refuse to accept something, especially an idea or suggestion

  • spout off

    Phrase

    to speak in a rude, loud, or annoying way

  • mow

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    to cut grass or crops with a machine or a scythe

  • characterize

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    to describe the main qualities of someone or something

  • pleading

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    showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

  • seduce

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    to persuade someone to have sex with you or do something they might not otherwise do

  • remorse

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    a strong feeling of regret and guilt about something wrong you did

  • intercourse

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    communication or social dealings between people or groups

  • screwing

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    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • janitor

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    a person whose job is cleaning and taking care of a building

  • CAT scan

    Phrase

    a CT scan

  • fun and games

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not always easy or enjoyable

  • tough case

    Phrase

    an informal way to describe a person who is hard to deal with or understand

  • inaccurate

    Word

    not correct or exact

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • for a laugh

    Phrase

    for fun or to amuse people, not for a serious reason

  • true that

    Phrase

    used to strongly agree with someone

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • ordeal

    Word

    a very difficult, painful, or upsetting experience

  • get right

    Phrase

    to do something correctly or in the right way

  • bogus

    Word

    not real, true, or honest; fake

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