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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S10E5: English vocabulary

Season 10, Episode 5CrimeDramaMystery

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  • ulcerate

    Word

    to become covered with an ulcer or ulcers

  • libelous

    Word

    likely to damage someone's reputation by making false statements about them

  • canker

    Word

    a plant disease that causes parts of a tree or fruit to rot and die

  • tipster

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    a person who gives tips or predictions, especially about sports betting

  • exhume

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    to dig up something buried, especially a body

  • embalm

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    to preserve a dead body so it does not decay

  • exhumation

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    the act of digging up a buried body

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • pariah

    Word

    a person who is rejected by other people or by society

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • playbook

    Word

    a book or document that shows the plays or strategies a team plans to use

  • resuscitate

    Word

    to bring someone back to consciousness or life, especially by medical treatment

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  • brownstone

    Word

    a house or apartment building made from brown sandstone, especially in New York City

  • admissible

    Word

    allowed to be used, especially as evidence in court

  • vindictive

    Word

    showing a desire to get back at someone for a wrong or insult

  • demented

    Word

    very strange, wild, or out of control, often in a way that seems mentally unwell

  • monogamous

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    having only one sexual partner at a time, or staying with one partner

  • patchy

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    uneven, with some parts better, thicker, or more complete than others

  • septic

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    infected with bacteria, especially causing pus or decay

  • criminally

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    in a way that is extremely bad or excessive

  • heinous

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    extremely evil and shocking

  • thrush

    Word

    a small songbird with a spotted breast

  • malpractice

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    bad or careless professional treatment, especially by a doctor

  • swab

    Word

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

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  • propagate

    Word

    to spread or cause something to spread

  • conclusive

    Word

    so strong or clear that it settles a question or ends doubt

  • temps

    Word

    short for a temporary worker

  • subpoena

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    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

  • remand

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    to send a case back to a lower court for further action

  • dis

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    to insult or show disrespect to someone

  • fungal

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    relating to fungi or caused by a fungus

  • interrogate

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

  • negligent

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    not careful enough, especially in a way that causes harm or breaks a duty

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

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

  • munch

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    to eat something in a noisy or casual way

  • punctured

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

  • prognosis

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    a doctor's judgment about how a disease or injury is likely to develop

  • knowingly

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    in a way that shows you know something is true or wrong

  • adjourn

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    to stop a meeting, trial, or game for a time, with plans to continue later

  • withhold

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    to deliberately not give something that someone expects or has a right to receive

  • bitters

    Word

    a bitter liquid used in small amounts to flavor cocktails

  • transfusion

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    the process of putting blood into someone's body through a vein

  • loaning

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    the act of lending something to someone

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • prescribe

    Word

    to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

  • punt

    Word

    to kick the ball after dropping it and before it touches the ground

  • toxin

    Word

    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • replenish

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    to fill something up again

  • compel

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    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • pathology

    Word

    the study of diseases and the changes they cause in the body

  • Big Pharma

    Phrase

    a term for large pharmaceutical companies as a group, often used critically

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • malnutrition

    Word

    a lack of proper food or nutrients that harms health

  • lesion

    Word

    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • recessed

    Word

    set back into a surface so it does not stick out

  • morgue

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • puncture

    Word

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

  • voodoo

    Word

    a religion and set of spiritual practices that developed in Haiti and other parts of the Caribbean

  • adrenaline

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    a hormone that your body releases when you are stressed or excited

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • reasonable person

    Phrase

    a legal standard meaning an ordinary careful person

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • migraine

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    a severe headache that often affects one side of the head and may cause nausea or vision problems

  • dissent

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    to express disagreement with an official opinion or decision

  • toxicity

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    the quality of being poisonous or harmful

  • juror

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    a person who serves on a jury

  • competence

    Word

    the ability to do a job or task well

  • medical examiner

    Phrase

    a government official who examines deaths to determine the cause

  • probable cause

    Phrase

    legal grounds that justify an arrest, search, or similar police action

  • fives

    Word

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • ticking

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    the sound of something, especially a clock, ticking

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • antibody

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    a protein in the blood that helps the body fight infection

  • caucasian

    Word

    a person from the Caucasus region

  • flight risk

    Phrase

    a person who is likely to run away before a trial or punishment

  • congestion

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    a build-up or blockage that makes movement difficult, especially in traffic or in the body

  • genetically

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    in a way that relates to genes or genetics

  • precaution

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    something you do to prevent harm or trouble

  • pleading

    Word

    showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • minor in

    Phrase

    to study a subject as a secondary subject at college or university

  • lobe

    Word

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

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • brew

    Word

    to make beer, tea, or coffee by soaking or boiling ingredients in water

  • too right

    Phrase

    Used to show strong agreement or approval

  • drug addict

    Phrase

    a person who is addicted to drugs

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • credibility

    Word

    the quality of being trusted and believed

  • motivate

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    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • restrain

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    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • holocaust

    Word

    the mass murder of Jews by the Nazis during World War II

  • diagnose

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    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • medical record

    Phrase

    an official file with details of a person's health, treatment, and medical history

  • HIV positive

    Phrase

    having HIV in your body

  • fantasy world

    Phrase

    an imaginary world or situation that is not real

  • file off

    Phrase

    to leave in a line, one after another

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