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Criminal Minds S4E14: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 14CrimeDramaMystery

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  • sepulcher

    Word

    a tomb or burial chamber

  • obit

    Word

    a short newspaper notice about a person's death, often with a brief life story

  • triangulate

    Word

    to find the position of something by using measurements from known points

  • embalm

    Word

    to preserve a dead body so it does not decay

  • exhumation

    Word

    the act of digging up a buried body

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • foretell

    Word

    to say or show that something will happen in the future

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • amethyst

    Word

    a purple gemstone made from a type of quartz

  • demonstrative

    Word

    showing feelings openly and clearly

  • protrude

    Word

    stick out beyond a surface

  • cremate

    Word

    to burn a dead body to ashes, usually as part of a funeral process

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  • desecration

    Word

    the act of treating a sacred place or object with disrespect

  • dismember

    Word

    to cut a body into pieces

  • mummify

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    to preserve a dead body by treating it and wrapping it in cloth

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • maturation

    Word

    the process of becoming fully developed or mature

  • jugular

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    the vein in the neck that carries blood from the head back to the heart

  • pesky

    Word

    annoying in a small but persistent way

  • tranquilizer

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    a medicine that helps a person or animal relax or sleep

  • liquidate

    Word

    to sell property or assets in order to pay debts or close a business

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • canvass

    Word

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • ransack

    Word

    to search a place or container quickly and in a messy way

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  • homicidal

    Word

    wanting to kill someone or related to killing a person

  • paralyze

    Word

    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • consensual

    Word

    done with the agreement of everyone involved

  • cadaver

    Word

    a dead human body

  • populate

    Word

    to live in or fill a place with people or animals

  • horoscope

    Word

    a prediction about what will happen to someone, based on astrology

  • skeptic

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    a person who does not easily believe things and wants proof first

  • sedate

    Word

    calm, quiet, and not lively

  • submissive

    Word

    willing to obey other people and accept their control

  • 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

  • milligram

    Word

    a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram

  • gibberish

    Word

    speech or writing that is impossible to understand

  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • mortuary

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept and prepared for burial or cremation

  • patronize

    Word

    to treat someone as if you are better or more important than them

  • graver

    Word

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • evener

    Word

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

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • supplemental

    Word

    added to something to make it more complete or useful

  • psychics

    Word

    people who claim they can sense hidden things or predict the future

  • neutralize

    Word

    to make a substance or effect harmless or inactive

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • clasp

    Word

    a small device that fastens two things together

  • compel

    Word

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

  • ing

    Word

    a suffix added to verbs to make forms like running or eating

  • resurrect

    Word

    bring back to life

  • chops

    Word

    the sides of the face below the eyes

  • accommodating

    Word

    helpful and willing to make things easier for other people

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • Western Union

    Phrase

    to send money using Western Union

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • olympian

    Word

    a person who takes part in the Olympic Games

  • densely

    Word

    in a thick, tightly packed way

  • semen

    Word

    the thick fluid that contains sperm and is released from the penis during ejaculation

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • trust fund

    Phrase

    money that is legally held and managed for someone else

  • victimless crime

    Phrase

    a crime that does not directly harm a specific person

  • jugular vein

    Phrase

    one of the large veins in the neck that carries blood from the head back to the heart

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • fail up

    Phrase

    to keep getting promoted or moving into better jobs despite poor performance

  • affectionate

    Word

    showing affection and warmth

  • probable cause

    Phrase

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

  • vested

    Word

    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • wet out

    Phrase

    to soak something thoroughly so it can absorb dye evenly

  • hitch

    Word

    to fasten something to a hook, rope, chain, or strap

  • abandonment

    Word

    the act of leaving someone or something behind

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • roundabout

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    not direct; taking a longer or less straightforward route

  • jarring

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    causing a sudden unpleasant feeling because it does not fit well with what is around it

  • abduction

    Word

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

  • termination

    Word

    the act of ending something, especially a job, contract, or agreement

  • look beyond

    Phrase

    to think about something in a broader way and not focus only on the obvious details

  • coroner

    Word

    an official who investigates deaths that are sudden, violent, or unexplained

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • recreate

    Word

    make something again, especially in a new or different way

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • crack open

    Phrase

    to open something quickly or roughly

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • accustomed

    Word

    used to describe someone who is used to something

  • dispose

    Word

    to get rid of something

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • errand

    Word

    a short trip to do a small job, like shopping or delivering something

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • con man

    Phrase

    a person who tricks people in order to get money

  • incident report

    Phrase

    a written record of an accident, problem, or unusual event

  • distressing

    Word

    causing worry, sadness, or pain

  • usher

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    a person who shows people to their seats, especially in a theater or at a wedding

  • aura

    Word

    a special feeling or atmosphere around a person, place, or thing

  • disposable

    Word

    made to be used once or for a short time, then thrown away

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