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Criminal Minds S2E15: English vocabulary

Season 2, Episode 15CrimeDramaMystery

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  • utterer

    Word

    a person who says or speaks something

  • falseness

    Word

    the quality of being false, insincere, or deceptive

  • forbear

    Word

    to choose not to do something, especially something you want to do

  • adulterer

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    a person who is unfaithful to their husband, wife, or partner

  • scuff

    Word

    to scrape or drag your foot or shoe along the ground

  • mutilate

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    to injure someone or something badly and permanently

  • recompense

    Word

    a reward or payment given for work, loss, or harm

  • idiosyncratic

    Word

    having a style or way of doing things that is unusual and personal

  • shalt

    Word

    an old form of shall used with thou

  • weakling

    Word

    a person who is weak and easily controlled by others

  • 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

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  • flinch

    Word

    to make a quick, nervous movement because of fear, surprise, or pain

  • poach

    Word

    to cook food, especially an egg, in hot water without the shell

  • poacher

    Word

    a person who illegally hunts or catches wild animals

  • cornfield

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    a field where corn is grown

  • commandeer

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    to take control of a vehicle, building, or other thing, often by force

  • heathen

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    a person who does not follow a major religion, especially one who is not Christian, Jewish, or Muslim

  • neanderthal

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    a member of an extinct human species that lived in Europe and parts of Asia long ago

  • futility

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    the fact that something is pointless or has no useful result

  • vermin

    Word

    small animals or insects that are unwanted because they spread disease or damage things

  • quiver

    Word

    to shake slightly and quickly, often because of fear, cold, or excitement

  • mediator

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    a person who helps two sides in a disagreement reach an agreement

  • dissect

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    to cut open a body, plant, or animal in order to study its parts

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • pulpit

    Word

    a raised platform in a church where a preacher speaks

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • vacate

    Word

    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • inverse

    Word

    opposite in direction, effect, or relationship

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • archangel

    Word

    a very important angel in some religions

  • motoring

    Word

    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • pitiful

    Word

    causing pity because something is sad, weak, or badly done

  • statistically

    Word

    using statistics or based on statistical data

  • your boy

    Phrase

    I, me, or myself; used humorously or informally, especially by a male speaker

  • pervert

    Word

    to change something so that it becomes distorted or corrupted

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • see into

    Phrase

    to find out the truth about something by investigating it

  • head on

    Phrase

    directly, without turning or avoiding anything

  • drug of choice

    Phrase

    the particular drug a person uses most or prefers most

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • conceive

    Word

    to form or imagine an idea, plan, or situation in your mind

  • exodus

    Word

    a large movement of people leaving a place

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • far right

    Phrase

    the most extreme right-wing part of politics

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • pleading

    Word

    showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • manifesto

    Word

    a public statement of a group's aims or beliefs, especially in politics

  • defy

    Word

    to openly refuse to obey or accept something

  • coroner

    Word

    an official who investigates deaths that are sudden, violent, or unexplained

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • put out

    Phrase

    to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

  • sinner

    Word

    a person who has committed a sin

  • thy

    Word

    your; belonging to you

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • emptiness

    Word

    the state of having nothing in it

  • on earth

    Phrase

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

  • recite

    Word

    say a poem, speech, or passage aloud from memory

  • thou

    Word

    an old word for 'you' when speaking to one person

  • to God

    Phrase

    used in expressions like “I hope to God” to show a very strong wish or hope

  • for days

    Phrase

    for a very long time

  • run off with

    Phrase

    to leave with something that does not belong to you, usually by stealing it

  • defense attorney

    Phrase

    a lawyer who defends someone accused of a crime in court

  • reassure

    Word

    to make someone feel less worried, afraid, or uncertain

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

  • contradiction

    Word

    a fact, idea, or statement that is opposite to another one and cannot both be true

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • savior

    Word

    a person who saves someone from danger or serious trouble

  • genesis

    Word

    the beginning or origin of something

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • on the road

    Phrase

    away from home, especially while travelling or playing in another team’s venue

  • lump together

    Phrase

    to group different things together and treat them as one

  • righteous

    Word

    morally good and fair; doing what is right

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • unleash

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    to release something or someone from restraint

  • deceive

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    to trick someone by making them believe something false

  • split up

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship

  • do not want

    Phrase

    used to say that you strongly dislike or reject something

  • sounding

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    the act of measuring how deep water is

  • tame

    Word

    calm and not dangerous, or not wild

  • walnut

    Word

    a hard round nut with a wrinkled edible kernel inside

  • amaze

    Word

    to fill someone with wonder or great surprise

  • lodging

    Word

    a place where you can stay, especially for a short time

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • vanity

    Word

    too much pride in your own appearance, abilities, or achievements

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • tricking

    Word

    the act of deceiving or cheating someone

  • every second

    Phrase

    every other one; each alternate one

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • family history

    Phrase

    information about illnesses that run in your family

  • leave home

    Phrase

    to leave your parents' home and start living somewhere else

  • logging

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    the business of cutting and selling trees for wood

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • hold out

    Phrase

    to stretch something out toward someone

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