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The Blacklist S2E5: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 5DramaCrimeMystery

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  • hospitalize

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    to admit someone to a hospital for treatment

  • whir

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    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • convulse

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    to shake violently, especially because of illness, pain, or strong emotion

  • sacrosanct

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    too important or sacred to be changed, questioned, or interfered with

  • romping

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    to play or move around in a lively, happy way

  • dishearten

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    to make someone lose confidence or hope

  • scald

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    to burn or injure with very hot liquid or steam

  • upend

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    to turn something over so it rests on its end or upside down

  • spectroscopic

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    relating to spectroscopic analysis or using a spectroscope

  • clamor

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    a loud, confused noise made by a crowd of people

  • addendum

    Word

    extra information added at the end of a book, report, or document

  • archetypal

    Word

    very typical of a particular type of person or thing

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  • jangle

    Word

    to make a harsh ringing or clattering sound

  • messianic

    Word

    relating to a messiah or a savior

  • ratting

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    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • mooned

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

  • bubonic

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    relating to buboes, especially in bubonic plague

  • agitate

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    to make someone feel worried or upset

  • tenuous

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    weak, slight, or not very strong

  • symptomatic

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    showing symptoms of a disease or condition

  • sienna

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    a reddish-brown earth pigment or color

  • laceration

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    a deep cut or tear in the skin

  • hungered

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    to feel very hungry

  • canvass

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

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  • contagion

    Word

    the spread of a disease from one person, animal, or place to another

  • peppering

    Word

    to scatter or cover something with small bits or drops

  • clouding

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    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • romp

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    a lively, noisy, and playful activity

  • synthesize

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    to make a substance by combining simpler substances or elements

  • clatter

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    to make a series of short, sharp rattling sounds

  • bane

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    something that causes great trouble or annoyance

  • crusading

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    strongly and publicly committed to a cause or campaign

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • inhaler

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    a device that lets you breathe medicine into your lungs

  • bombard

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    to attack a place with bombs or shells

  • wail

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    to cry out in a long, high, sad sound

  • marshaling

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    the act of arranging people or things in an orderly way

  • depletion

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    a reduction in the amount of something, especially a gradual one

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • graver

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    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • incubation

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    the process of keeping eggs, cells, or microorganisms at the right temperature so they can develop

  • evener

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

  • inhale

    Word

    to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • embargo

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    an official ban on trade with a country

  • radiant

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    very bright and full of light

  • groan

    Word

    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • loaning

    Word

    the act of lending something to someone

  • microscopic

    Word

    extremely small; too small to see without a microscope

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • hemorrhage

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    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • toxin

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    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • possessive

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    relating to a noun or pronoun form that shows possession or belonging

  • screech

    Word

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • dormant

    Word

    not active or growing for a period of time

  • chilling

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    making you feel very cold; cold enough to make you shiver

  • madman

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    an offensive word for a man who is thought to be mentally ill or behaving in a wild way

  • vibrate

    Word

    to move quickly and repeatedly from side to side

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • in the business of

    Phrase

    used to say that someone is deeply involved in a bad or unwanted activity

  • straining

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    the act of pulling something tight

  • morgue

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    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • replicate

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    to make an exact copy of something or repeat an experiment or result

  • nipple

    Word

    the small round part on a person's chest that milk comes from in women and some female animals

  • criterion

    Word

    a standard or rule used for judging or choosing something

  • your girl

    Phrase

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

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • dashing

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    attractive, stylish, and confident

  • authenticity

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    the quality of being real, true, or genuine

  • inflatable

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    designed to be filled with air or gas before use

  • mistakenly

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    in a way that is wrong or not intended; by mistake

  • brain dead

    Phrase

    having a brain that has stopped working completely, so the person cannot recover

  • fives

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

  • eradicate

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    to completely get rid of something bad or unwanted

  • tracker

    Word

    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • bring it

    Phrase

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

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • denote

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    to be a sign or symbol of something; mean

  • buzzer

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    a device that makes a buzzing sound, often to signal something

  • antibody

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    a protein in the blood that helps the body fight infection

  • engraving

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    the process of cutting a design or words into a hard surface

  • forearm

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    the part of your arm between the elbow and the wrist

  • byzantine

    Word

    relating to Byzantium, the Byzantine Empire, or its art and culture

  • air marshal

    Phrase

    a security officer who travels on a plane to protect passengers from hijacking or terrorism

  • bubonic plague

    Phrase

    a serious disease spread by fleas that causes swollen lumps in the body

  • public record

    Phrase

    official information or documents that anyone can access

  • profiling

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

  • genetically

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    in a way that relates to genes or genetics

  • cramp

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    a sudden painful tightening of a muscle

  • footstep

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    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • antidote

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    a medicine that stops a poison from harming someone

  • sever

    Word

    to cut something off or separate it by force

  • heads or tails

    Phrase

    a way of deciding between two choices by tossing a coin

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • chuckle

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    to laugh quietly

  • machining

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    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • for days

    Phrase

    for a very long time

  • on the case

    Phrase

    actively dealing with something or working on it

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