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Castle S8E19: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 19DramaCrime

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  • penetrative

    Word

    able to pierce or pass through something

  • ginkgo

    Word

    a tree with fan-shaped leaves, often planted as an ornamental tree

  • mantling

    Word

    a decorative cloth used to cover an altar or lectern

  • overzealous

    Word

    too eager or enthusiastic, in a way that can be annoying

  • trowel

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    a small tool with a flat, pointed blade, used for spreading or smoothing plaster, cement, or soil

  • electrocute

    Word

    to kill someone or something with electricity

  • excitable

    Word

    easily excited, nervous, or agitated

  • stickler

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    a person who insists on doing things in a very exact way

  • spate

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    a large number of similar things happening in a short time

  • regenerative

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    able to regrow or renew itself

  • transformative

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    causing a big and important change

  • weakling

    Word

    a person who is weak and easily controlled by others

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  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • bracken

    Word

    a large wild fern with broad, feathery leaves

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • dilate

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    to make something wider or more open, or become wider or more open

  • invulnerable

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    impossible or very hard to harm, damage, or defeat

  • discoloration

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    a change in color, especially when something looks unhealthy or damaged

  • clouding

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    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • paralyze

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    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • telepathy

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    the supposed ability to communicate thoughts without using the known senses

  • maggot

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    the soft, legless larva of a fly

  • rigor

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    careful, exact, and thorough work or study

  • frustrate

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    to make someone feel annoyed, upset, or disappointed

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  • henchman

    Word

    a person who follows a powerful or evil leader and does unpleasant or illegal tasks for them

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • infraction

    Word

    a small breaking of a law or rule

  • gearing

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    the arrangement of gears in a machine or vehicle

  • ingest

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    to take food, drink, or a substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it

  • impound

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    to take and keep something, especially a vehicle, because someone has broken a law or rule

  • inorganic

    Word

    not made from living things; not organic

  • appetizer

    Word

    a small dish served before the main meal

  • northernmost

    Word

    farthest north

  • drab

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    not bright, colorful, or interesting; dull and plain

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • graver

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    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • notching

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    make small cuts or grooves in something

  • recourse

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    help or support you can turn to when a situation is difficult

  • nauseous

    Word

    feeling as if you might vomit

  • heed

    Word

    to pay attention to and follow advice, a warning, or a request

  • regenerate

    Word

    to grow back or become healthy again after damage or loss

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • ballooned

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    to rise or grow very quickly in amount, size, or cost

  • contraband

    Word

    goods that are brought into or taken out of a country illegally

  • hemorrhage

    Word

    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • toxin

    Word

    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • geez

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    used to show surprise, annoyance, or frustration

  • smuggle

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    to move goods secretly across a border or into a country illegally

  • stripping

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    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • wavy

    Word

    having curves or waves, not straight

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • public defender

    Phrase

    a lawyer appointed by the government to defend someone who cannot afford one

  • fly under the radar

    Phrase

    to avoid being noticed or attracting attention

  • sharpen

    Word

    to make something sharp or sharper

  • on my life

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that you are telling the truth or are completely serious

  • hulk

    Word

    a large, heavy, awkward-looking person or thing

  • strangle

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    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • tripping

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    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • replicate

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

  • apprehend

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    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • my eye

    Phrase

    an expression used to show disbelief or strong disagreement

  • extinguish

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    to stop a fire or flame from burning

  • elaborated

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    to explain something in more detail

  • slimy

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    covered with slime or feeling wet and slippery

  • penetrating

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    clear and strong, and hard to ignore

  • laced

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    fastened with laces

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • triad

    Word

    a group of three connected people or things

  • lithium

    Word

    a soft, light metal used especially in batteries

  • cleanup

    Word

    an act of cleaning a place or area

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • murderous

    Word

    showing a strong wish to kill or harm someone

  • bluish

    Word

    slightly blue

  • probable cause

    Phrase

    legal grounds that justify an arrest, search, or similar police action

  • discreet

    Word

    careful about what you say or do, especially to keep something private

  • reborn

    Word

    brought back to life, activity, or popularity

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • check you out

    Phrase

    a playful or friendly way of saying goodbye

  • hit the streets

    Phrase

    to go out into the streets to protest

  • tread carefully

    Phrase

    to act very carefully in a difficult or sensitive situation

  • leverage

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    the power or advantage you get from using something to help you achieve more

  • channeling

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    the act of directing energy, money, or attention into something

  • suicidal

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    having thoughts of killing yourself

  • yuck

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    used to show that you find something disgusting or very unpleasant

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • profiling

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

  • precaution

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    something you do to prevent harm or trouble

  • alibi

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    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • immortality

    Word

    the state of living forever or never dying

  • regeneration

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    the action or process of regenerating or being regenerated, in particular the formation of new animal or plant tissue.

  • shading

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    the use of light and dark areas in a drawing or picture

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • tread

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    to step or walk in a careful, heavy, or deliberate way

  • cabling

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    the installation of cables or a cable system

  • scrubbed

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    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

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