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Criminal Minds S2E1: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 1CrimeDramaMystery

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  • medicate

    Word

    to give someone medicine, or to treat a condition with medicine

  • truancy

    Word

    the act of staying away from school without permission

  • generality

    Word

    a broad statement that applies to many cases

  • riddling

    Word

    hard to understand; mysterious or puzzling

  • unseal

    Word

    to remove a seal from something so it can be opened

  • foxed

    Word

    stained or discolored with brown spots, especially from age or dampness

  • crisscross

    Word

    a pattern of lines, roads, or paths that cross each other

  • anagram

    Word

    a word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

  • mooned

    Word

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • sanitarium

    Word

    a place where people stay to recover from illness or get long-term medical care

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  • canvass

    Word

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

  • touchstone

    Word

    something that is used to judge the value, quality, or importance of something else

  • clouding

    Word

    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • barbaric

    Word

    very cruel, violent, or shocking

  • smudge

    Word

    a dirty mark or smear

  • distasteful

    Word

    unpleasant, offensive, or likely to cause dislike

  • imaginable

    Word

    able to be imagined or thought of

  • mythological

    Word

    relating to myths or mythology

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • bender

    Word

    a period of heavy drinking

  • fowl

    Word

    birds kept for food, such as chickens, ducks, and turkeys

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

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  • delusional

    Word

    having false beliefs that are not based in reality

  • evener

    Word

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

  • whirl

    Word

    move or make something move quickly around and around

  • supplemental

    Word

    added to something to make it more complete or useful

  • quintet

    Word

    a group of five musicians or singers

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • bright lights and cold steel

    Phrase

    a humorous phrase for surgery

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • photographic memory

    Phrase

    an unusually good memory for details

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • shadowing

    Word

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

  • your girl

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way for a female speaker to say "I" or "me

  • grail

    Word

    something that is very hard to find or achieve

  • delusion

    Word

    a false belief that someone strongly believes even though it is not true

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • mutually exclusive

    Phrase

    describing two things that cannot both be true, happen, or exist at the same time

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • fives

    Word

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

  • sanity

    Word

    the state of being mentally healthy and able to think clearly and reasonably

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • bright lights

    Phrase

    the glamour and excitement of a big city or show business

  • lessen

    Word

    to make something smaller, weaker, or less intense

  • fall back

    Phrase

    move back to a safer place

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • vandalism

    Word

    the deliberate damaging or destroying of property

  • rout

    Word

    a complete defeat in which one side is forced to run away in disorder

  • round table

    Phrase

    a discussion or interview in which several people take part equally

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • genetically

    Word

    in a way that relates to genes or genetics

  • wire in

    Phrase

    to work very hard and with a lot of energy

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • play on

    Phrase

    to take advantage of someone's weakness, fear, or beliefs

  • part out

    Phrase

    to take a machine, vehicle, or other object apart so the parts can be used again

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • beat the odds

    Phrase

    to succeed even though it seemed unlikely

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • mutually

    Word

    in a way that is shared by both sides or people

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • photographic

    Word

    relating to photographs or photography

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

  • disposable

    Word

    made to be used once or for a short time, then thrown away

  • dope

    Word

    very good or impressive

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • read me

    Phrase

    a file that gives basic information about a software program or project

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • last words

    Phrase

    the final words someone says before they die

  • garner

    Word

    to get or collect something, especially support, praise, or information

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • hacker

    Word

    a person who breaks into computer systems or networks

  • parental

    Word

    relating to a parent or parents

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • childish

    Word

    silly or immature in a way that is typical of a child

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • originate

    Word

    to begin to exist or happen; come from a place, time, or idea

  • real world

    Phrase

    the ordinary world of everyday life, especially as different from school, theory, or imagination

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • riddle

    Word

    a question or statement that is meant to be solved as a game or puzzle

  • not wise

    Phrase

    not sensible; showing poor judgment

  • supervise

    Word

    to be in charge of a person, group, or activity and make sure it is done properly

  • offender

    Word

    a person who has done something illegal or wrong

  • notify

    Word

    to tell someone officially or formally about something

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • batter

    Word

    to hit or beat something repeatedly with hard blows

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • faulty

    Word

    not working properly because of a defect or mistake

  • subtitle

    Word

    the words shown at the bottom of a screen that translate or show what people are saying

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • forgiving

    Word

    willing to forgive mistakes and not easily upset by them

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