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Criminal Minds S1E4: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 4CrimeDramaMystery

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  • omniscience

    Word

    the state of knowing everything

  • incapacitate

    Word

    to make someone unable to function normally

  • diurnal

    Word

    happening or active during the day

  • regress

    Word

    to return to an earlier or less developed state

  • oriole

    Word

    a brightly colored bird with a pointed bill and a clear, musical song

  • carnal

    Word

    relating to physical desire or sex

  • redskin

    Word

    a rude and offensive word for a Native American person

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • thumbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • ransack

    Word

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

  • poling

    Word

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

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  • muting

    Word

    the act of making a sound or device silent

  • pristine

    Word

    clean, fresh, and in perfect condition, as if new

  • dishing

    Word

    giving out or handing out something, often quickly or generously

  • decidedly

    Word

    in a clear and definite way; without doubt

  • haystack

    Word

    a pile of hay

  • sophistication

    Word

    the quality of being cultured, stylish, and knowledgeable

  • evener

    Word

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

  • meticulous

    Word

    very careful about small details and exactness

  • snapshot

    Word

    a photo taken quickly and casually

  • skied

    Word

    past tense of ski

  • checkmate

    Word

    the move in chess that traps the opponent's king so it cannot escape

  • forget you

    Phrase

    an angry or dismissive way of telling someone to go away or stop bothering you

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  • simultaneous

    Word

    happening or done at the same time

  • strangle

    Word

    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • morning after

    Phrase

    the day after a night of heavy drinking, when you feel hungover

  • go outside

    Phrase

    a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

  • frenzy

    Word

    a state of wild, uncontrolled excitement or activity

  • insecurity

    Word

    a feeling of not being confident or safe

  • tooling

    Word

    the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • fives

    Word

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

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • step down

    Phrase

    to resign from an important job or public position

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • creed

    Word

    a set of beliefs or principles that guide a person or group

  • rout

    Word

    a complete defeat in which one side is forced to run away in disorder

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • chandler

    Word

    a person who makes or sells candles

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • round up

    Phrase

    to gather people or things together, often by force or pressure

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • garden variety

    Phrase

    ordinary and not special or unusual

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • residue

    Word

    a small amount of something that is left after the rest has been removed or used

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • domination

    Word

    the act of controlling or having power over people or things

  • police department

    Phrase

    the local office that handles police work in a town or city

  • fix on

    Phrase

    to focus your attention on something or decide to pursue it

  • delight in

    Phrase

    to take great pleasure in something

  • social class

    Phrase

    a group in society that has a similar level of wealth, power, or status

  • step up

    Phrase

    to take action and become more involved or helpful

  • liaison

    Word

    a person who helps two people or groups work or communicate together

  • truck in

    Phrase

    to transport goods by truck

  • tape off

    Phrase

    to mark an area so people cannot enter it, usually with tape

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • turn out

    Phrase

    to be found to be true, real, or the case

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • maneuver

    Word

    to move carefully or skillfully through a difficult place or situation

  • precedent

    Word

    an earlier decision or event that is used as a guide in later similar cases

  • going over

    Phrase

    a quick, informal check or inspection

  • cruiser

    Word

    a warship that is smaller than a battleship and faster than many other ships

  • look in

    Phrase

    to visit someone or somewhere briefly and casually

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • superiority

    Word

    the state of being better, stronger, or more important than someone or something else

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • storming

    Word

    moving forward quickly and forcefully

  • now now

    Phrase

    a mild way of telling someone to calm down or stop arguing

  • time frame

    Phrase

    a period of time allowed for something to happen or be completed

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • appliance

    Word

    a machine or device used in the home for a particular job

  • ballad

    Word

    a song or poem that tells a story

  • staging

    Word

    the way a play, show, or event is arranged and presented

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • garment

    Word

    a piece of clothing

  • tricking

    Word

    the act of deceiving or cheating someone

  • duct

    Word

    a tube or passage that carries air, liquid, or another substance

  • figure out

    Phrase

    to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

  • incompetent

    Word

    not having the skills or ability needed to do something well

  • offender

    Word

    a person who has done something illegal or wrong

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • specify

    Word

    to say or explain something clearly and exactly

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • bribe

    Word

    a gift of money or something else given to persuade someone to do something dishonest or illegal

  • artery

    Word

    a blood vessel that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body

  • one moment

    Phrase

    used to ask someone to wait for a short time

  • footage

    Word

    recorded video material of an event or place

  • piles

    Word

    a large amount of something

  • laying

    Word

    present participle of lay: to put something down in a flat position

  • burglar

    Word

    a person who steals from houses or buildings

  • no time

    Phrase

    a very short period of time

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