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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S3E16: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 16CrimeDramaMystery

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  • garble

    Word

    to change a message, sound, or image so that it is unclear or distorted

  • whir

    Word

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • intoxicate

    Word

    to affect with alcohol or drugs, especially so that someone becomes confused or less clear-minded

  • armful

    Word

    as much as you can hold in your arms

  • cerebrum

    Word

    the largest part of the brain, responsible for thinking, memory, and voluntary movement

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • menthol

    Word

    a substance with a cool, minty smell or taste

  • dynamiting

    Word

    the act of blowing something up with dynamite

  • buckshot

    Word

    small metal balls used in a shotgun shell

  • guano

    Word

    the waste from seabirds or bats, used as fertilizer

  • antimony

    Word

    a hard, shiny chemical element used in alloys and some compounds

  • intertwine

    Word

    to twist or wind together

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  • nondescript

    Word

    not interesting, unusual, or easy to notice

  • topographical

    Word

    relating to the shape and physical features of an area of land

  • spatter

    Word

    to scatter small drops or particles over a surface

  • scoff

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    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • deadbeat

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    a person who avoids paying debts or neglects responsibilities

  • wastebasket

    Word

    a small bin for paper and other trash

  • paradoxical

    Word

    seeming strange or self-contradictory, but possibly true

  • scalping

    Word

    the illegal buying of tickets and reselling them for a much higher price

  • quadrangle

    Word

    a four-sided shape with four right angles

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • laceration

    Word

    a deep cut or tear in the skin

  • tranquilizer

    Word

    a medicine that helps a person or animal relax or sleep

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  • excruciating

    Word

    extremely painful or hard to endure

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • traceable

    Word

    able to be traced or followed

  • scat

    Word

    to run away quickly; to leave in a hurry

  • palmed

    Word

    to hide something in your hand, especially secretly

  • extremity

    Word

    the farthest point or outer edge of something

  • pegging

    Word

    the act of fastening something with pegs or stakes

  • smudge

    Word

    a dirty mark or smear

  • embed

    Word

    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • thud

    Word

    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • ballistics

    Word

    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • searchlight

    Word

    a powerful light used to search an area or light up something far away

  • quench

    Word

    to make a fire stop burning

  • sizzling

    Word

    hot and making a hissing sound while cooking

  • milligram

    Word

    a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram

  • porous

    Word

    full of tiny holes that let air or liquid pass through

  • sinus

    Word

    one of the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose and eyes

  • leech

    Word

    a bloodsucking worm, or a person who takes advantage of others

  • wail

    Word

    to cry out in a long, high, sad sound

  • pellet

    Word

    a small, round, compressed piece of material

  • squeal

    Word

    to make a long, high-pitched cry or noise

  • honk

    Word

    to make a loud, harsh sound with a horn or voice

  • cyanide

    Word

    a very poisonous chemical compound used in some industrial processes

  • outrun

    Word

    to run faster than someone or something, or to escape by running

  • juniper

    Word

    an evergreen bush or small tree with berries used for flavoring and decoration

  • evener

    Word

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

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • punctured

    Word

    damaged by a sharp object that has made a hole in it

  • quarried

    Word

    to cut stone out of the ground in a quarry

  • shuttered

    Word

    closed and no longer open for business

  • arsenic

    Word

    a poisonous chemical element

  • quartz

    Word

    a hard mineral often used in jewelry and clocks

  • slotted

    Word

    having a narrow cut or opening

  • nicotine

    Word

    the addictive substance in tobacco

  • screech

    Word

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • canine

    Word

    relating to dogs or similar animals

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • outside job

    Phrase

    a crime or bad act done by someone from outside a place or group

  • penetration

    Word

    the act of getting into something or going through it

  • peg it

    Phrase

    to run away quickly

  • suction

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    the act of drawing air or liquid in by creating a partial vacuum

  • salting

    Word

    the act of adding salt to food or water

  • puncture

    Word

    a small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tire

  • high profile

    Phrase

    a person or thing that attracts a lot of public attention

  • your girl

    Phrase

    a humorous or informal way for a female speaker to say "I" or "me

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • ferocious

    Word

    very fierce, violent, or aggressive

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • pulmonary edema

    Phrase

    a dangerous condition in which fluid collects in the lungs

  • kidnapper

    Word

    a person who kidnaps someone

  • dunk on

    Phrase

    to beat or embarrass someone badly in a public way

  • kennel

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    a place where dogs are kept, boarded, or bred

  • fives

    Word

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

  • eradicate

    Word

    to completely get rid of something bad or unwanted

  • feces

    Word

    waste that comes out of the body through the bowels

  • dosage

    Word

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

  • geologist

    Word

    a person whose job is to study rocks, the earth, and how they change over time

  • ride on

    Phrase

    to attack someone in a drive-by shooting

  • bat in

    Phrase

    to score a run for a runner in baseball by batting the ball into play

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • pulmonary

    Word

    relating to the lungs

  • as of late

    Phrase

    recently; in the recent past

  • cockroach

    Word

    a large brown insect that often lives in warm, damp places and is hard to get rid of

  • smoker

    Word

    a person who smokes tobacco regularly

  • layering

    Word

    the use of several layers, especially in clothing

  • nicking

    Word

    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • casing

    Word

    a hard outer cover that protects or encloses something

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • flamingo

    Word

    a large pink bird with long legs and a long neck

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • splinter

    Word

    a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal that has broken off something larger

  • life savings

    Phrase

    money that someone has saved over a long time, especially a large amount

  • work wonders

    Phrase

    to be very effective and bring a big improvement

  • scalp

    Word

    the skin on the top of your head

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