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NCIS S6E4: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 4CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • hugger

    a person who likes giving and receiving hugs

  • anthracite

    a hard, shiny type of coal that burns very cleanly

  • yahweh

    the name of God used in the Hebrew Bible

  • pappy

    an informal word for father or grandfather

  • sternum

    the bone in the center of the chest

  • encroach

    to slowly move beyond a limit, boundary, or right

  • unseal

    to remove a seal from something so it can be opened

  • statics

    the study of forces on structures that are not moving

  • leavings

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • conclusively

    in a way that clearly proves or settles something

  • oddity

    the quality of being strange or unusual

  • driftwood

    wood that has been carried by water onto a beach or shore

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  • bicentennial

    the 200th anniversary of an important event

  • ventricle

    one of the two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart

  • thoracic

    relating to the chest area

  • peppering

    to scatter or cover something with small bits or drops

  • observant

    good at noticing small details

  • rifling

    the spiral grooves inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin

  • cautiously

    in a careful way, especially to avoid danger or mistakes

  • savvy

    practical knowledge and skill, especially about business or technology

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • swab

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

  • sift

    to pass dry ingredients through a sieve to remove lumps or coarse bits

  • handcuff

    to put handcuffs on someone

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