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Arrow S2E16: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 16CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • scummy

    Word

    dirty or covered with scum

  • milliliter

    Word

    a unit of volume equal to one thousandth of a liter

  • perpetrate

    Word

    to commit a serious crime or other harmful act

  • dabble

    Word

    to put your hands or feet into water and move them gently

  • hellish

    Word

    extremely unpleasant, difficult, or severe

  • harbinger

    Word

    something that shows or signals that another thing is coming

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • conscript

    Word

    to force someone to join the armed forces

  • cloaking

    Word

    the act of hiding something so it is not easily seen or detected

  • vertebra

    Word

    one of the small bones that make up the spine

  • credential

    Word

    an official document or piece of information that proves who you are or shows your qualifications

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  • philanthropy

    Word

    the act of giving money, time, or help to support good causes

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • mayoral

    Word

    relating to a mayor or the job of mayor

  • judas

    Word

    a person who betrays someone they trust

  • shriek

    Word

    a loud, sharp cry

  • chatty

    Word

    talkative and eager to chat

  • evener

    Word

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

  • commendation

    Word

    praise or approval for something someone has done

  • detest

    Word

    to hate something very much

  • felicity

    Word

    great happiness or pleasure

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • starling

    Word

    a small bird with dark, shiny feathers that often flies in large groups

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  • extradition

    Word

    the process of sending someone back to another country to face trial or punishment

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • infiltrate

    Word

    to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

  • avail

    Word

    to be useful or help

  • anyways

    Word

    used in speech to mean “anyway” or “in any case,” often when changing the subject or continuing a point

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • Renaissance man

    Phrase

    a person who is good at many different things and has wide interests

  • hardened

    Word

    made hard or tougher by heat, cold, use, or time

  • cache

    Word

    a hidden store of things kept for later use

  • bucking

    Word

    moving up and down suddenly and forcefully, like a horse kicking out

  • lacrosse

    Word

    a team sport played with long sticks and a small ball

  • despairing

    Word

    feeling or showing that you have lost all hope

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • your girl

    Phrase

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

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • nerve agent

    Phrase

    a poisonous chemical used in warfare that can kill or seriously harm people

  • blind trust

    Phrase

    a legal arrangement in which someone else manages your assets without telling you what they are or how they are handled

  • disobey

    Word

    to not do what a person, rule, or order says

  • uncanny

    Word

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

  • mercenary

    Word

    a soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign army

  • fives

    Word

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

  • lucrative

    Word

    making or likely to make a lot of money

  • bring it

    Phrase

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

    Word

    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • designate

    Word

    to officially choose someone for a job or role

  • shrapnel

    Word

    small pieces of metal or other material thrown out by an explosion

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • retaliation

    Word

    harm done in return for harm received; revenge

  • fall back

    Phrase

    move back to a safer place

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • excel

    Word

    to be very good at something

  • rout

    Word

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

  • inner city

    Phrase

    the older central part of a city, often with poorer housing and crowded streets

  • drug lord

    Phrase

    the leader of a criminal group that sells illegal drugs

  • tracing

    Word

    the act of following or marking the path or position of something

  • turn around

    Phrase

    cause something to improve a lot

  • opium

    Word

    a strong addictive drug made from the juice of the opium poppy

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • apocalypse

    Word

    a complete and terrible destruction, especially one that is thought of as the end of the world

  • implant

    Word

    to place a medical device inside the body by surgery

  • tsk tsk

    Phrase

    an expression used to show disapproval

  • conflicting

    Word

    not agreeing with something else; contradictory

  • duty calls

    Phrase

    a polite way of saying that you have to leave because you must deal with something else

  • pooling

    Word

    the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • roam

    Word

    to walk or travel around without a fixed direction or purpose

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • shipwreck

    Word

    the remains of a ship that has been wrecked or sunk

  • seeing as

    Phrase

    used to give a reason or explanation

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • open market

    Phrase

    a market in which prices are set by supply and demand, with little or no government control

  • indistinct

    Word

    not clear, sharp, or easy to see or hear

  • come out with

    Phrase

    to say something suddenly or without thinking first

  • join up

    Phrase

    to connect things so they form one line or group

  • foul out

    Phrase

    in basketball, to be removed from the game after committing too many fouls

  • laurel

    Word

    a wreath made from laurel leaves, used as a sign of victory or honor

  • rigid

    Word

    stiff and not able to bend easily

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • hands on

    Phrase

    involving doing things yourself, not just watching or planning

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • spinal

    Word

    relating to the spine or spinal cord

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • keep up

    Phrase

    to stay informed about something or to stay at the same speed or level as others

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • deceive

    Word

    to trick someone by making them believe something false

  • hang in

    Phrase

    to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

  • moron

    Word

    an insulting word for a stupid person

  • stump

    Word

    the bottom part of a tree left in the ground after the tree is cut down

  • classify

    Word

    to put people or things into groups based on shared qualities

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

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