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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S22E14: English vocabulary

Season 22, Episode 14CrimeDramaMystery

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  • exigent

    Word

    needing quick action or attention

  • hearten

    Word

    to make someone feel more hopeful or confident

  • medicate

    Word

    to give someone medicine, or to treat a condition with medicine

  • abet

    Word

    to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal

  • suiting

    Word

    a fabric used for making suits

  • bayed

    Word

    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • flinch

    Word

    to make a quick, nervous movement because of fear, surprise, or pain

  • eardrum

    Word

    the thin part inside the ear that vibrates when sound reaches it

  • commissary

    Word

    a store that sells food and supplies, especially for people in the military

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • ethically

    Word

    in a morally right or acceptable way

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  • clouding

    Word

    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • poling

    Word

    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

  • horrendous

    Word

    extremely bad, unpleasant, or shocking

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • rigor

    Word

    careful, exact, and thorough work or study

  • frustrate

    Word

    to make someone feel annoyed, upset, or disappointed

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • callous

    Word

    showing no sympathy or concern for other people

  • prerogative

    Word

    a special right or privilege that only one person or group has

  • debit

    Word

    an amount of money taken from an account or recorded as owed

  • bailiff

    Word

    an official who keeps order in a court and may escort people or serve legal papers

  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

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  • remand

    Word

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

  • pathological

    Word

    relating to disease or caused by a disease

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • evener

    Word

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

  • revoke

    Word

    to officially cancel a law, decision, license, or agreement

  • punctured

    Word

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

  • petitioning

    Word

    to formally ask an authority or organization for something

  • adjourn

    Word

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

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • exemplary

    Word

    so good that it deserves praise and imitation

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • Last Day

    Phrase

    the day when God judges everyone, according to Christian belief

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • snowball

    Word

    a ball of packed snow, often thrown in play

  • puncture

    Word

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

  • old girl

    Phrase

    an affectionate way to address a woman

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • impulsive

    Word

    acting quickly without thinking about the results

  • inherently

    Word

    in a way that is part of the basic nature of something

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • police commissioner

    Phrase

    the person who leads a police force or police department

  • of sound mind

    Phrase

    mentally capable of making sensible decisions

  • psychiatry

    Word

    the branch of medicine that deals with mental illness and emotional disorders

  • brag

    Word

    to talk too proudly about your achievements, possessions, or abilities

  • deviation

    Word

    a difference from what is normal, expected, or allowed

  • fives

    Word

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

  • sanity

    Word

    the state of being mentally healthy and able to think clearly and reasonably

  • dark ages

    Phrase

    a period in the past that is seen as a time of decline in learning, culture, or progress

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • subjective

    Word

    based on personal feelings, opinions, or tastes rather than facts

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • step down

    Phrase

    to resign from an important job or public position

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • assertion

    Word

    a confident statement that something is true

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • nicking

    Word

    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • faucet

    Word

    a device for controlling the flow of water from a pipe

  • stun

    Word

    to shock or surprise someone very much

  • bust in

    Phrase

    to enter a place suddenly and forcefully

  • spree

    Word

    a short period of doing a lot of one activity, often in an uncontrolled way

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • remorse

    Word

    a strong feeling of regret and guilt about something wrong you did

  • shot in the dark

    Phrase

    a guess made with very little information or chance of being right

  • insanity

    Word

    a state of severe mental illness

  • parameter

    Word

    a value or limit that affects how something works or is measured

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • defiance

    Word

    open refusal to obey or accept authority

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • sane

    Word

    mentally healthy and able to think clearly

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • abdominal

    Word

    relating to the abdomen or stomach area

  • take away from

    Phrase

    to not make something seem less good, exciting, or impressive

  • mentally ill

    Phrase

    having a mental illness

  • squirrel around

    Phrase

    to move around in a restless, messy, or aimless way

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • oyster

    Word

    a sea animal with a hard shell that lives attached to rocks

  • competent

    Word

    having enough skill or knowledge to do something well

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • cuff

    Word

    the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • come out with

    Phrase

    to say something suddenly or without thinking first

  • reappear

    Word

    to appear again after being gone or hidden

  • bum

    Word

    a person who is lazy and avoids work

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • go along

    Phrase

    to agree to something or let something happen, often reluctantly

  • tied up

    Phrase

    busy and not available

  • settle up

    Phrase

    to pay what you owe, especially so that a shared bill is fully paid

  • suck under

    Phrase

    to pull someone or something under the surface of water

  • felony

    Word

    a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

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