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Castle S8E22: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 22DramaCrime

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  • thumbscrew

    Word

    a screw with a wide head that you can turn by hand

  • overrate

    Word

    to think or say that something is better, more important, or more valuable than it really is

  • aught

    Word

    anything at all; anything

  • daunt

    Word

    to make someone feel nervous or less confident

  • muffle

    Word

    to make a sound quieter or less clear

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • actionable

    Word

    able to be used to take practical action

  • consequential

    Word

    important because it has serious results

  • incorrigible

    Word

    impossible to change, improve, or stop from bad behavior

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • wagering

    Word

    the activity of betting money on uncertain results

  • subterfuge

    Word

    secret or dishonest behavior used to trick someone and get what you want

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  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • rearer

    Word

    a person who breeds and cares for animals

  • insubordination

    Word

    the act of refusing to obey authority or follow orders

  • bracken

    Word

    a large wild fern with broad, feathery leaves

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • ahold

    Word

    the ability to contact or reach someone, especially in get ahold of

  • yogi

    Word

    a person who practices yoga regularly and well

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • swab

    Word

    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • yearn

    Word

    to want something very much, especially something you have lost or cannot have

  • vantage

    Word

    a place or position that gives you a good view of something

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

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  • dissect

    Word

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

  • evener

    Word

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

  • hibernation

    Word

    a long period when an animal sleeps through the winter

  • unaffected

    Word

    not changed or influenced by something

  • neutralize

    Word

    to make a substance or effect harmless or inactive

  • stagger

    Word

    to walk or move in an unsteady way, as if you might fall

  • carrot top

    Phrase

    an informal, sometimes insulting word for a person with red hair

  • whew

    Word

    used to show relief, surprise, or tiredness

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • dead drop

    Phrase

    a hidden place where someone leaves something for another person to pick up secretly

  • hulk

    Word

    a large, heavy, awkward-looking person or thing

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • wager

    Word

    a bet on the result of something

  • Big Bad Wolf

    Phrase

    the evil wolf character in fairy tales such as Little Red Riding Hood

  • hit squad

    Phrase

    a group of people sent to kill someone

  • cortex

    Word

    the outer layer of the brain

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • mercenary

    Word

    a soldier who is paid to fight for a foreign army

  • fives

    Word

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

  • dosage

    Word

    the amount of medicine or a drug that should be taken at one time or over a period of time

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

    Word

    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • entrust

    Word

    to give someone the responsibility for something or for taking care of something

  • blazing

    Word

    burning very brightly and strongly

  • whipping

    Word

    the act of beating someone with a whip as punishment

  • rout

    Word

    a complete defeat in which one side is forced to run away in disorder

  • shell corporation

    Phrase

    a company that exists only on paper and has little or no real business activity

  • operational

    Word

    working properly and ready to use

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • play on

    Phrase

    to take advantage of someone's weakness, fear, or beliefs

  • build in

    Phrase

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

  • roll with

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem or change in a calm, flexible way

  • affirmative

    Word

    showing agreement or saying yes

  • lobe

    Word

    the rounded part of something, especially one of the sections of a brain or the lower part of the ear

  • anticipate

    Word

    to expect something or think it will happen

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • roger that

    Phrase

    used to say that you have received and understood a message

  • get right

    Phrase

    to do something correctly or in the right way

  • top to bottom

    Phrase

    completely, from one end to the other

  • don't give me that

    Phrase

    an informal way to say that you do not believe what someone has said

  • car show

    Phrase

    an event where people display cars to the public

  • disable

    Word

    to make a machine, system, or device stop working properly or at all

  • dispose

    Word

    to get rid of something

  • come out in

    Phrase

    to suddenly develop a rash or spots on your skin

  • paramount

    Word

    more important than anything else; most important

  • pissed off

    Phrase

    very angry or annoyed

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

  • cam

    Word

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

  • sideways

    Word

    toward or to the side

  • remnant

    Word

    a small part of something that is left after the rest is gone

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • framing

    Word

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

  • lookout

    Word

    a person who watches for danger or for something important to appear

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • knock it off

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop doing something annoying or unwanted

  • order in

    Phrase

    to order food to be delivered to your home

  • flushing

    Word

    the act of becoming red in the face or skin

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • originate

    Word

    to begin to exist or happen; come from a place, time, or idea

  • carve

    Word

    to cut or shape something with a knife or tool

  • chances are

    Phrase

    it is likely that something will happen or be true

  • interrogation

    Word

    the act of questioning someone closely, especially by police

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • track down

    Phrase

    to find someone or something after searching for them

  • gag

    Word

    a device or piece of cloth used to stop someone from speaking

  • furnace

    Word

    a large enclosed heater used to warm a building or to heat materials to very high temperatures

  • all clear

    Phrase

    a signal that danger or an emergency has ended and it is safe to continue

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