Episode vocabulary

NCIS Season 1 Episode 1: English vocabulary

Season 1 Episode 12003CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • miscalculate

    to estimate or calculate something incorrectly

  • salivate

    to produce saliva, especially when you expect food

  • convulse

    to shake violently, especially because of illness, pain, or strong emotion

  • freakish

    very strange or unusual, often in a surprising or unpleasant way

  • retread

    a tire that has been given a new tread

  • crochet

    the craft of making fabric or clothing with a hooked needle and yarn

  • stomaching

    the present participle of stomach

  • clotted

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • interagency

    relating to or involving more than one government agency

  • coleslaw

    a salad made from shredded cabbage, usually with mayonnaise

  • smokehouse

    a building where meat or fish is smoked to preserve it

  • thrombosis

    a medical condition in which a blood clot blocks a blood vessel

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  • turncoat

    a person who changes sides and joins the enemy or an opposing group

  • botch

    to do something badly or carelessly

  • earmark

    to set money, time, or resources aside for a particular purpose

  • infarction

    a place in an organ or tissue where blood flow is blocked and the tissue dies

  • strapping

    tall, strong, and healthy-looking

  • muscling

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • reheat

    to heat something again

  • hounding

    to keep bothering someone again and again, especially by following or questioning them

  • spotty

    covered with spots or marks

  • palmed

    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • wishful

    showing a strong wish or hope for something, often without much chance of it happening

  • contaminate

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

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