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Bones S5E5: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 5CrimeDrama

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  • whiffing

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    moving or drifting out in small puffs or wisps

  • putrefy

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    to decay and give off a bad smell

  • guiltless

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    free from guilt; innocent

  • frankincense

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    a fragrant gum resin burned as incense, especially in religious ceremonies

  • reanimation

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    the act of bringing someone or something back to life or consciousness

  • lacerate

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    to tear or cut deeply

  • myrrh

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    a fragrant gum resin used in perfume, incense, and some medicines

  • embalm

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    to preserve a dead body so it does not decay

  • appetizing

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    looking or smelling good enough to make you want to eat it

  • exhumation

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    the act of digging up a buried body

  • ulna

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    the thinner of the two bones in the forearm, on the side of the little finger

  • vicarious

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    experienced indirectly through someone else’s actions, feelings, or experiences

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  • hieroglyph

    Word

    a symbol used in ancient Egyptian writing to represent a word or sound

  • elongation

    Word

    the process of becoming longer

  • electrocute

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    to kill someone or something with electricity

  • portraiture

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    the art or practice of making portraits

  • hummer

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    a large, powerful off-road vehicle made by Hummer

  • celibate

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    not having sex, often because of religious beliefs or personal choice

  • decapitate

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    to cut off someone's head

  • malformation

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    an abnormal shape or structure, especially in the body

  • recessive

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    describing a gene or trait that appears only when both copies of a gene are the same

  • exonerate

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    to officially say that someone is not guilty of a crime or blame

  • modulate

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    to change the pitch, tone, or volume of your voice

  • lathe

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    a machine used for shaping wood, metal, or other material by turning it against cutting tools

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  • twofold

    Word

    having two parts, effects, or reasons

  • shafting

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    unfair treatment, especially when someone is cheated or badly treated

  • discerning

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    able to notice small differences and make good judgments

  • mummify

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

  • gloat

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    to feel or show smug pleasure about your own success or someone else's failure

  • carotid

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    either of the two main arteries that carry blood to the head and neck

  • compacted

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    to press something so that it becomes smaller and tighter

  • gouge

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    to cut or scrape a deep hole or mark in something

  • legume

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    beans, peas, and similar plants or their seeds, used as food

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

  • frostbite

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    injury to skin and tissue caused by extreme cold

  • tut

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    to make a short sound showing disapproval

  • thoracic

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    relating to the chest area

  • reshape

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    to change the shape of something

  • vertebra

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    one of the small bones that make up the spine

  • hexagonal

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    having six sides and six angles

  • fascinate

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    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • whiff

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    a brief smell that you notice for a moment

  • anthropological

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    relating to the study of human societies and cultures

  • seep

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    to flow slowly through small holes or a porous material

  • spurt

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    to come out in a sudden, forceful stream

  • fissure

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    a long, narrow crack or opening in rock, earth, or another surface

  • cranked

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    turned or operated by a crank

  • overbearing

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    too controlling and forceful in a way that annoys other people

  • trample

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    to step heavily on something or crush it under your feet

  • manganese

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    a hard gray metal used in steel and other alloys

  • alienate

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    to make someone feel less connected or less friendly toward you or a group

  • embed

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    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • tacky

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    showing poor taste; cheap and unattractive in a way that is meant to impress

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • crystalline

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    clear and bright, like crystal

  • quench

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    to make a fire stop burning

  • swab

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

  • jerky

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    dried meat, usually beef, eaten as a snack

  • inking

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    the process of drawing or outlining with ink

  • shortcoming

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    a weakness or fault in someone or something

  • peroxide

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    a chemical compound that contains two oxygen atoms joined together

  • congenital

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    present from birth

  • differentiation

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    the process of making things different or showing differences between them

  • temperance

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    moderation and self-control, especially with food or drink

  • dissect

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    to cut open a body, plant, or animal in order to study its parts

  • evener

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

  • revoke

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

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • laureate

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    a person who has won a major award or been honored for outstanding work

  • withhold

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

  • blot

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    to make a mark or stain on something, especially with ink or dirt

  • arterial

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    relating to an artery

  • discouraging

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    making someone feel less hopeful or confident

  • loaning

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    the act of lending something to someone

  • autobiographical

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    relating to a person's own life story

  • geez

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    used to show surprise, annoyance, or frustration

  • jerking

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    making quick, sharp movements

  • anomaly

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    something that is different from what is normal or expected

  • eyeball

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    the round part of the eye

  • antiquity

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    the ancient past, especially the time before the Middle Ages

  • molten

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    melted by heat and in a liquid state

  • decipher

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    to figure out or read something that is hard to understand, especially a code or message

  • keyed

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    locked with a key

  • Founding Father

    Phrase

    one of the people who helped found an important country or organization

  • invasive

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    spreading quickly in a way that causes harm or is unwanted

  • hardened

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    made hard or tougher by heat, cold, use, or time

  • for the loss

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way to say you really love or strongly approve of something

  • chisel

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    a tool with a sharp edge, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, or metal

  • vie

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    to compete with someone for something

  • precedence

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    the right of one thing to be considered before another because it is more important or comes first

  • anthropologist

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    a person who studies human societies, cultures, and how they change over time

  • indigo

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    a deep blue-purple color

  • incidence

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    the number or rate of cases of something, especially a disease or problem

  • dumpster dive

    Phrase

    to search through trash for useful or valuable things

  • sanded

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    smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • attest

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    to show clearly that something is true or real

  • tooling

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    the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

  • sizing

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

  • stale

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    (of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat

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