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Castle S8E18: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 18DramaCrime

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  • unmentionables

    Word

    a humorous or polite word for underwear or undergarments

  • predetermine

    Word

    to decide or arrange something in advance

  • culpa

    Word

    fault, blame, or guilt

  • perpetrate

    Word

    to commit a serious crime or other harmful act

  • pique

    Word

    a feeling of annoyance or hurt pride after being slighted

  • studding

    Word

    the act of decorating something with studs or small metal decorations

  • wormed

    Word

    treated with medicine to remove worms from the body

  • wayside

    Word

    the side of a road or path

  • capitulate

    Word

    to stop fighting or resisting and accept defeat

  • frisky

    Word

    lively, playful, and full of energy

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • waning

    Word

    to gradually become less strong, bright, or active

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  • thumbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • canvass

    Word

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

  • buckling

    Word

    the bending or curving of something under pressure

  • vertebra

    Word

    one of the small bones that make up the spine

  • captor

    Word

    a person who has captured and is holding someone prisoner

  • contaminate

    Word

    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • dupe

    Word

    to trick someone into believing something false

  • wreak

    Word

    to cause a lot of damage or harm

  • copped

    Word

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

  • corset

    Word

    a tight piece of underwear worn to shape the waist and body

  • embed

    Word

    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • dossier

    Word

    a file or set of documents with detailed information about a person, case, or subject

  • conspirator

    Word

    a person who secretly plans or helps plan a crime or other illegal act

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • whimsical

    Word

    playfully unusual or imaginative in a charming way

  • undoing

    Word

    the process of reversing or canceling something

  • evener

    Word

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

  • noose

    Word

    a loop of rope or wire that tightens when pulled

  • whoop

    Word

    to shout loudly because you are excited or happy

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • intimately

    Word

    in a very close and personal way

  • clasp

    Word

    a small device that fastens two things together

  • relive

    Word

    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • lingerie

    Word

    women's underwear, especially attractive or delicate styles

  • mea culpa

    Phrase

    an expression used to admit that something was your fault

  • sit on it

    Phrase

    Used to tell someone rudely to go away or stop bothering you

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • chic

    Word

    very stylish and elegant

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • elaborated

    Word

    to explain something in more detail

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • laced

    Word

    fastened with laces

  • brag

    Word

    to talk too proudly about your achievements, possessions, or abilities

  • plunge

    Word

    to suddenly put someone or something into a difficult situation or state

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • go at

    Phrase

    to attack someone or something, or start arguing with them

  • cat burglar

    Phrase

    a burglar who is very quiet and sneaky

  • sight in

    Phrase

    to adjust a gun's sights so it shoots accurately

  • in the act

    Phrase

    while someone is doing something wrong, illegal, or secret

  • espionage

    Word

    the secret gathering of information about another country or organization

  • leverage

    Word

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

  • smoker

    Word

    a person who smokes tobacco regularly

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • retribution

    Word

    punishment or suffering that is seen as payback for a wrong

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • snore

    Word

    to breathe noisily while sleeping

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • subconscious

    Word

    happening in the mind without you being aware of it

  • get to the bottom of

    Phrase

    to find out the real reason for something or solve a problem

  • go in with

    Phrase

    to join someone in putting money into a plan, purchase, or business

  • fumble

    Word

    to move or handle something awkwardly or clumsily

  • revise

    Word

    to change something after thinking about it again or getting new information

  • malt

    Word

    grain, usually barley, that has been soaked and allowed to sprout, used in brewing

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • build in

    Phrase

    to add something to a design or system so it is included from the start

  • soft on

    Phrase

    showing too much sympathy or leniency toward someone

  • sever

    Word

    to cut something off or separate it by force

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • spar

    Word

    to practice fighting or boxing without trying to win

  • discretion

    Word

    careful behavior or speech that avoids offending people or revealing private information

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • smoothing

    Word

    the process of making a surface or material smooth

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • loose ends

    Phrase

    unfinished things that still need attention

  • havoc

    Word

    a lot of damage, destruction, or confusion

  • rendezvous

    Word

    a meeting that has been arranged for a particular time and place

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • spied

    Word

    to notice or see someone or something unexpectedly

  • ring in

    Phrase

    to celebrate the start of something, especially a new year or season

  • go at it

    Phrase

    to fight or argue intensely

  • loose end

    Phrase

    a small unfinished task or problem that still needs attention

  • panic room

    Phrase

    a small room in a house or building where people can hide and stay safe during an attack or emergency

  • computer virus

    Phrase

    a harmful program that can copy itself and spread to other computers

  • interior designer

    Phrase

    a person who designs the inside of buildings

  • single malt

    Phrase

    whisky made from malt at one distillery and not mixed with whisky from other distilleries

  • fall by

    Phrase

    to visit someone informally, especially without arranging it first

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • sol

    Word

    the basic unit of money in Peru

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • what do you say

    Phrase

    used to ask if someone is willing to do something or agrees with an idea

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

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