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The Rookie S5E18: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 18CrimeDramaComedy

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  • disconcert

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    to make someone feel worried or uneasy

  • overstay

    Word

    to stay longer than you are allowed or longer than you planned

  • denigrate

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    to criticize someone unfairly and make them seem bad or unimportant

  • duplicity

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    dishonest behavior in which someone hides the truth or acts differently from what they really think

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • doppelganger

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    a person who looks very much like someone else

  • prejudicial

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    causing harm or making something worse

  • indistinctly

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    in a way that is not clear or easy to hear, see, or understand

  • slippage

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    a small drop or change, especially a slight decline in sales, profits, or performance

  • infinitesimal

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    extremely small

  • tactile

    Word

    related to the sense of touch

  • welcomer

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

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  • olfactory

    Word

    relating to the sense of smell

  • liberator

    Word

    a person who frees others from control, prison, or oppression

  • rigor

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    careful, exact, and thorough work or study

  • proverbial

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    used to describe something that is well known or typical, often in a fixed phrase

  • posterity

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    all the people who will live in the future

  • rifling

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

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • misfit

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    a person who feels different from the people around them and does not fit in easily

  • spotless

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    completely clean and free from marks or dirt

  • pamper

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    to give someone a lot of comfort, attention, and treats

  • balm

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    a soft ointment used to soothe or heal skin

  • dishing

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    giving out or handing out something, often quickly or generously

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  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • emir

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    a ruler in some Muslim countries

  • couched

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    to express something in a particular way

  • 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

  • deceit

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    the act of lying or tricking someone by hiding or changing the truth

  • scraping

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    small bits or pieces left after something has been scraped away

  • intrude

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    to enter a place or situation where you are not wanted or invited

  • grate

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    a metal frame for holding burning fuel in a fireplace or stove

  • glitch

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    a small fault or problem in a machine, computer, or system

  • characterization

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    the way a writer or artist presents a character

  • res

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    a particular kind, class, or group

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • yay

    Word

    used to show happiness, excitement, or approval

  • geez

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    used to show surprise, annoyance, or frustration

  • envious

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    feeling unhappy because someone has something you want

  • slayer

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    a person or thing that kills a particular kind of creature

  • antiquity

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    the ancient past, especially the time before the Middle Ages

  • descriptive

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    giving details that help you picture or understand something

  • coasting

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    the act of moving along without using power

  • cleanse

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    to clean something thoroughly, especially by removing dirt or harmful substances

  • tripping

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    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • mishap

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    a small unlucky accident or mistake

  • sizing

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

  • alien abduction

    Phrase

    the supposed kidnapping of a person by aliens

  • uncanny

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    strange and a little unsettling, especially in a way that seems almost supernatural

  • coming together

    Phrase

    the act of people or things joining together as one

  • vested

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    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • case out

    Phrase

    to secretly look at a place to plan a crime

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

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    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • revolving

    Word

    turning around a central point or axis

  • dresser

    Word

    a piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes or other items

  • if the shoe fits

    Phrase

    used to say that a remark or criticism applies to someone

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • complicate

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    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • combustion

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    the process of burning

  • unpack

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    to take things out of a bag, box, or other container

  • astronomical

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    relating to astronomy or space

  • casing

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    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • down start

    Phrase

    the starting stance used in long-track speed skating

  • transparency

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    the quality of being open and honest, especially about decisions or money

  • first officer

    Phrase

    the officer who is second in command on a ship or aircraft

  • move in on

    Phrase

    to start taking control of something that belongs to someone else

  • interviewer

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    a person who asks questions in an interview

  • 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

  • abduction

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

  • scrubbed

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    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • screwing

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    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • sturdy

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    strong and solid, so it can be used without breaking or falling over easily

  • beat up

    Phrase

    to attack someone and hit them hard

  • thin air

    Phrase

    used in the phrase into thin air to mean that something disappears completely or seems to vanish

  • what are the odds

    Phrase

    used to show surprise that something unlikely has happened

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

  • oppression

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    cruel or unfair control over a group of people

  • twinned

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    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • burner

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    a device on a stove or heater that produces a flame or heat

  • cuff

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    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • day one

    Phrase

    from the very beginning

  • security system

    Phrase

    a system that protects a building or area from intruders and may sound an alarm

  • reappear

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    to appear again after being gone or hidden

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • get in there

    Phrase

    used to show approval or encouragement

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • win out

    Phrase

    to succeed in the end, especially after a struggle

  • hook up

    Phrase

    to connect a device to a power source or another device

  • momentum

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    the force or energy that keeps something moving or helps it keep growing or developing

  • riches

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    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • spinal

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    relating to the spine or spinal cord

  • follow up on

    Phrase

    to check on something later or continue dealing with it

  • infamous

    Word

    famous for something bad or shocking

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