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Arrow S5E5: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 5CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • sorrowed

    Word

    feeling or showing deep sadness, especially after a death or loss

  • crony

    Word

    a close friend, especially one in a group that has influence or power

  • perpetrate

    Word

    to commit a serious crime or other harmful act

  • recrimination

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    a statement accusing someone in return, especially after being accused first

  • underling

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    a person who is lower in rank or status than someone else, especially in a job or organization

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • bayed

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    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • protege

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    a person who is guided and supported by someone older or more experienced

  • squirm

    Word

    to twist and move your body from side to side, especially because you feel nervous or uncomfortable

  • castaway

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    a person who has been shipwrecked and left alone in a remote place

  • abut

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    to be next to something or share a boundary with it

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

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  • excruciating

    Word

    extremely painful or hard to endure

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • ingest

    Word

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

  • redevelop

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    to develop or build something again, especially after it has been damaged or left unused

  • sentry

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    a soldier or guard whose job is to keep watch

  • spook

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    a ghost or spirit, especially in stories or jokes

  • err

    Word

    to make a mistake or be wrong

  • cryptic

    Word

    mysterious or hard to understand

  • decidedly

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    in a clear and definite way; without doubt

  • graver

    Word

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • councilman

    Word

    a man who is a member of a local government council

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  • haystack

    Word

    a pile of hay

  • demeanor

    Word

    the way someone looks or behaves to other people

  • evener

    Word

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

  • keystone

    Word

    the stone at the top of an arch that holds it together

  • felicity

    Word

    great happiness or pleasure

  • starling

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

  • adamant

    Word

    firm and determined; not willing to change your mind

  • profess

    Word

    to state or claim something openly

  • converse

    Word

    to talk with someone in a formal or polite way

  • suffice

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    to be enough for a need or purpose

  • penance

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    something done to show regret for a wrong action, often as a religious duty

  • relive

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    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • shadowing

    Word

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • consolidation

    Word

    the process of making something stronger, more stable, or more effective

  • knuckle

    Word

    one of the hard joints in the middle of your fingers

  • apprehend

    Word

    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • your boy

    Phrase

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

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • triad

    Word

    a group of three connected people or things

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • intelligence officer

    Phrase

    a government official who gathers and handles secret information

  • controlling interest

    Phrase

    ownership of enough shares in a company to control its decisions

  • beat on

    Phrase

    to keep talking for a long time in a boring or annoying way

  • spartan

    Word

    very plain and simple, with no comfort or luxury

  • toasting

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    the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

  • blackmailing

    Word

    the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

  • vertigo

    Word

    a feeling that you or the things around you are spinning, often making you lose your balance

  • brace in

    Phrase

    to turn a ship's yards so they point more squarely across the ship

  • bring it

    Phrase

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

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • tech up

    Phrase

    to upgrade to a higher technology level

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • penthouse

    Word

    a luxury apartment on the top floor of a building

  • vastly

    Word

    to a very great degree; very much

  • channeling

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

  • subconscious

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    happening in the mind without you being aware of it

  • profiling

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

  • screwing

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    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • city council

    Phrase

    the elected group that runs a city

  • hide behind

    Phrase

    to use someone or something as a way to avoid blame or responsibility

  • scratch that

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to ignore or cancel the last thing said

  • ordinance

    Word

    an official rule or law made by a city or local government

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • turned out

    Phrase

    looking neat, smart, or well dressed

  • locked and loaded

    Phrase

    ready and prepared for action

  • paneling

    Word

    wooden boards or panels used to cover a wall

  • under the impression

    Phrase

    believing that something is true, often when it is not

  • orchid

    Word

    a plant with large, colorful, often unusual-looking flowers

  • persona

    Word

    the image or character that a person presents to other people

  • chilled

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    kept cold, especially in a refrigerator or with ice

  • cam

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

  • pike

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    a long weapon with a pointed metal tip, used in the past by soldiers

  • hardship

    Word

    a difficult situation that causes suffering or lack of basic needs

  • phrasing

    Word

    the way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing

  • get into it

    Phrase

    to start arguing or fighting with someone

  • agony

    Word

    severe physical or mental pain

  • swing by

    Phrase

    to make a short, informal visit

  • laurel

    Word

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

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • framing

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    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • casually

    Word

    in a relaxed, informal, or not very serious way

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • make up

    Phrase

    to invent something, especially a story, excuse, or plan

  • fugitive

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    a person who is running away or hiding, especially from the police or from danger

  • zoned

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

  • traumatic

    Word

    causing strong emotional pain or shock

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • raging

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    very strong and violent

  • narrowing

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    the process of becoming narrower

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • deception

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    the act of tricking someone, or the fact of being tricked

  • affordable

    Word

    not too expensive; reasonably priced

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