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The Blacklist S4E6: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 6DramaCrimeMystery

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  • tumescence

    Word

    the state of swelling or becoming enlarged

  • preoccupy

    Word

    to fill someone's mind so they can think of little else

  • entrap

    Word

    to catch someone by tricking them or setting a trap for them

  • nib

    Word

    the pointed metal tip of a pen that puts ink on paper

  • collate

    Word

    to arrange and compare information or documents in order

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • impregnable

    Word

    impossible or very hard to capture or defeat

  • pariah

    Word

    a person who is rejected by other people or by society

  • wormed

    Word

    treated with medicine to remove worms from the body

  • despot

    Word

    a ruler or leader who has complete power and uses it cruelly

  • violator

    Word

    a person who breaks a law, rule, or agreement

  • gerbil

    Word

    a small rodent that lives in dry areas and is often kept as a pet

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  • trafficker

    Word

    a person who illegally buys, sells, or moves drugs, people, or other banned goods

  • 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

  • toothless

    Word

    having no teeth

  • unfreeze

    Word

    to make something frozen become liquid or less frozen

  • astound

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    to surprise or amaze someone greatly

  • fabricate

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    to invent false information or a story

  • clank

    Word

    to make a sharp, hard metallic sound

  • fob

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    a small ring or ornament attached to a key chain or watch chain

  • thumbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • traceable

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    able to be traced or followed

  • plumb

    Word

    exactly vertical or straight up and down

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  • dupe

    Word

    to trick someone into believing something false

  • enrichment

    Word

    the process of making something better, more useful, or more interesting

  • borrower

    Word

    a person or organization that borrows money or something else

  • thrush

    Word

    a small songbird with a spotted breast

  • gibberish

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    speech or writing that is impossible to understand

  • exterminate

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    to destroy or kill something completely

  • clientele

    Word

    the customers or clients of a business or professional service

  • suffocating

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    making it hard to breathe because the air is hot, thick, or smoky

  • impediment

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    something that makes it hard to do something or slows you down

  • interrogate

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    to question someone closely for a long time, especially in an official or forceful way

  • rescind

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    to officially cancel a law, order, or agreement

  • technicals

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    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

    Word

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

  • tether

    Word

    a rope or chain used to tie an animal so it cannot move far

  • loaning

    Word

    the act of lending something to someone

  • degenerate

    Word

    to become worse in quality, health, or morals

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • financier

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    a person who manages or invests large amounts of money

  • cheeky

    Word

    slightly rude or disrespectful in a playful, likeable way

  • emulate

    Word

    to try to do as well as or better than someone, often by copying what they do

  • coasting

    Word

    the act of moving along without using power

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • cartel

    Word

    a group of businesses that work together to control prices and limit competition

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • platter

    Word

    a large, flat dish used for serving food

  • bitch up

    Phrase

    to ruin or badly mess up something

  • hefty

    Word

    large, heavy, or strong, often in a way that is impressive

  • precedence

    Word

    the right of one thing to be considered before another because it is more important or comes first

  • apprehend

    Word

    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • criterion

    Word

    a standard or rule used for judging or choosing something

  • as you please

    Phrase

    used after an adjective to mean 'very' or 'as much as possible

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • sex drug

    Phrase

    a drug used to help with sexual performance, especially for erectile dysfunction

  • intrusion

    Word

    the act of entering a place or situation in a way that is unwanted or not allowed

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • drug trafficker

    Phrase

    a person who illegally sells or transports drugs

  • arm up

    Phrase

    to get weapons or supply weapons to people

  • charismatic

    Word

    having a strong charm that makes people admire and follow you

  • witness protection

    Phrase

    a government program that gives witnesses new identities and protection when they are in danger

  • fives

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

  • tracker

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    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • sow

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    to plant seeds by scattering them on the ground

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • deduct

    Word

    to subtract an amount from a total

  • unconditional

    Word

    not limited or controlled by conditions

  • malicious

    Word

    intending to cause harm or upset to someone

  • siberian

    Word

    relating to Siberia

  • human sacrifice

    Phrase

    the killing of a person as part of a religious ritual

  • collateral

    Word

    property or other valuable item used to secure a loan

  • safeguard

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    something that protects people or things, or helps prevent harm or problems

  • operational

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    working properly and ready to use

  • sizable

    Word

    fairly large

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • cozy up

    Phrase

    to try to get someone to like you or support you, often in an insincere way

  • precaution

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    something you do to prevent harm or trouble

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • rendering

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    a way of showing or presenting something, especially in art, film, or speech

  • abduction

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    the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • culprit

    Word

    the person who did a crime or caused a problem

  • get straight

    Phrase

    to make something clear or settled

  • powerless

    Word

    unable to act, influence events, or change a situation

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • turned out

    Phrase

    looking neat, smart, or well dressed

  • something is up

    Phrase

    used to say that you think something strange, secret, or wrong is happening

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • sanction

    Word

    a punishment or restriction imposed for breaking a law or rule

  • top to bottom

    Phrase

    completely, from one end to the other

  • rendezvous

    Word

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

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • uranium

    Word

    a chemical element used as fuel in nuclear power and weapons

  • trusting

    Word

    willing to believe that other people are honest and will not harm you

  • machining

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    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • test run

    Phrase

    a trial run of a machine, system, or process before it is used for real

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