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NCIS S4E3: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 3CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • dater

    Word

    a person who goes on dates or dates other people

  • decimate

    Word

    to damage or destroy something very badly

  • bolo

    Word

    a long knife used in the Philippines for cutting plants or wood

  • abductor

    Word

    a person who takes someone away by force or trickery

  • silicate

    Word

    a chemical compound containing silicon, oxygen, and usually a metal

  • visceral

    Word

    strong and instinctive, rather than calm or logical

  • cubby

    Word

    a small enclosed space or compartment for storing things

  • dissonance

    Word

    a lack of harmony between musical notes or sounds

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • rota

    Word

    a schedule showing who does a job and when

  • embed

    Word

    to put something firmly inside or into something else

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  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • courteous

    Word

    polite and respectful toward other people

  • gearing

    Word

    the arrangement of gears in a machine or vehicle

  • tuscan

    Word

    relating to Tuscany or its people, language, or culture

  • deranged

    Word

    mentally ill or behaving in a wild, uncontrolled way

  • mallard

    Word

    a wild duck with a green head, common in many parts of the world

  • primal

    Word

    relating to the earliest stage of life, history, or development

  • evener

    Word

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

  • lull

    Word

    a short pause in activity or noise

  • latent

    Word

    present but not yet obvious, active, or fully developed

  • smeared

    Word

    covered with a messy layer of something that has been spread around

  • nodding

    Word

    slightly moving the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment

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  • itinerary

    Word

    a plan or schedule for a trip, including the places you will go

  • exemplary

    Word

    so good that it deserves praise and imitation

  • reassign

    Word

    to give someone a different job, role, or place to work

  • fiddler

    Word

    a person who plays the violin, especially in traditional music

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • assortment

    Word

    a mixture of different kinds of things

  • molten

    Word

    melted by heat and in a liquid state

  • binder

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    a folder with rings or clips for holding loose papers

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • whine

    Word

    to complain in a high, annoying voice

  • penetration

    Word

    the act of getting into something or going through it

  • cache

    Word

    a hidden store of things kept for later use

  • tailing

    Word

    the act of following someone closely in order to watch them or spy on them

  • mellow

    Word

    pleasantly soft, smooth, and not harsh

  • overhear

    Word

    to hear something spoken by someone else without meaning to or without being invited to listen

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • reorganize

    Word

    to organize something again in a new or better way

  • counterfeit

    Word

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

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • go there

    Phrase

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

  • grand theft

    Phrase

    the crime of stealing something that is worth a lot of money

  • core temperature

    Phrase

    the temperature inside a person's body

  • knitting

    Word

    the activity of making clothes or other items by looping yarn with needles

  • kidnapper

    Word

    a person who kidnaps someone

  • fly at

    Phrase

    to attack someone suddenly and aggressively, with words or physically

  • blackmailing

    Word

    the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

  • Miranda right

    Phrase

    the right of a person in police custody to remain silent and have a lawyer present during questioning

  • home in

    Phrase

    to move closer to a target or goal and focus on it

  • improvise

    Word

    to create or perform something without preparing it first

  • fives

    Word

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

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • espionage

    Word

    the secret gathering of information about another country or organization

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • excel

    Word

    to be very good at something

  • burglary

    Word

    the crime of getting into a building illegally in order to steal or commit another crime

  • smear

    Word

    a messy mark or streak made by a sticky or greasy substance

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • public record

    Phrase

    official information or documents that anyone can access

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • gable

    Word

    the triangular upper part of a wall under a sloping roof

  • rendering

    Word

    a way of showing or presenting something, especially in art, film, or speech

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • fast track

    Phrase

    a quicker route or method for reaching a goal or getting ahead

  • investigative

    Word

    used for investigating or intended to investigate

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • by trade

    Phrase

    used to say what someone's usual job or profession is

  • stocking

    Word

    a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg, usually made of thin fabric and worn by women

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • big one

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way of saying death

  • likeness

    Word

    a picture, statue, or description that looks like a person or thing

  • covert

    Word

    kept secret or done in a hidden way

  • soul mate

    Phrase

    a person you feel a very deep, natural connection with, often as a romantic partner

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • orchid

    Word

    a plant with large, colorful, often unusual-looking flowers

  • sniff

    Word

    to breathe in through your nose noisily, especially to smell something

  • yarn

    Word

    a long strand of twisted fibers used for knitting or weaving

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • motivate

    Word

    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • spied

    Word

    to notice or see someone or something unexpectedly

  • nice try

    Phrase

    used to say that an attempt was not successful

  • figure on

    Phrase

    to expect something to happen or to plan for it

  • flip out

    Phrase

    to react in a sudden, very upset, angry, or excited way

  • body bag

    Phrase

    a bag used to carry a dead body

  • cash up

    Phrase

    to count and check the money in a business at the end of the day

  • single out

    Phrase

    to choose one person or thing from a group and pay special attention to them

  • test run

    Phrase

    a trial run of a machine, system, or process before it is used for real

  • speed dating

    Phrase

    an event where people have a series of short dates with different potential partners

  • scale model

    Phrase

    a small model made to the same scale as the real thing

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • fingerprint

    Word

    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • read me

    Phrase

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

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