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Criminal Minds S5E2: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 2CrimeDramaMystery

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  • debilitate

    Word

    to make someone or something weaker or less effective

  • hospitalize

    Word

    to admit someone to a hospital for treatment

  • scrip

    Word

    paper money or a voucher used instead of cash, especially in the past

  • blinker

    Word

    a flashing light on a vehicle that shows which way it will turn

  • lashing

    Word

    a rope or cord used for tying or fastening things

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • accuser

    Word

    a person who says someone has done something wrong or illegal

  • wean

    Word

    to stop a baby or young animal from drinking milk and start giving other food

  • dyeing

    Word

    the process of coloring fabric or other materials

  • submissive

    Word

    willing to obey other people and accept their control

  • tic

    Word

    a small repeated movement of a muscle, especially in the face

  • elude

    Word

    to escape from someone or something, especially by being clever or quick

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  • lucid

    Word

    clear and easy to understand; expressed in a clear way

  • surpassing

    Word

    greater or better than something else; exceeding

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • seclusion

    Word

    the state of being alone or away from other people, especially in a quiet place

  • delusional

    Word

    having false beliefs that are not based in reality

  • evener

    Word

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

  • displace

    Word

    to take the place of something or someone

  • assailant

    Word

    a person who attacks someone physically

  • bitters

    Word

    a bitter liquid used in small amounts to flavor cocktails

  • hermit

    Word

    a person who lives alone, often for religious reasons

  • alphabetically

    Word

    in alphabetical order

  • infiltrate

    Word

    to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

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  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • amnesia

    Word

    a condition in which a person loses some or all memory

  • speculate

    Word

    to guess or form an opinion about something without enough evidence

  • outnumber

    Word

    to be greater in number than someone or something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • 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

  • abduction

    Word

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

  • round up

    Phrase

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

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • coin it

    Phrase

    to make a lot of money, especially in a way that seems easy

  • parameter

    Word

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

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • roam

    Word

    to walk or travel around without a fixed direction or purpose

  • sugared

    Word

    coated or mixed with sugar

  • motivate

    Word

    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • medical record

    Phrase

    an official file with details of a person's health, treatment, and medical history

  • state line

    Phrase

    the border between two U.S. states

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • take it out on

    Phrase

    to show anger or frustration by treating someone badly, even though they did not cause the problem

  • eyewitness

    Word

    a person who saw an event happen, especially a crime or accident

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • storm in

    Phrase

    to enter a place suddenly and angrily

  • alcoholism

    Word

    a strong dependence on alcohol that makes it hard to stop drinking

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • turn on

    Phrase

    to depend on something; to be decided by something

  • approximate

    Word

    close to the exact amount, size, or number, but not exact

  • live for

    Phrase

    to care about something so much that it gives you energy or purpose

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • dwelling

    Word

    a house or other place where someone lives

  • childbirth

    Word

    the process of giving birth to a baby

  • catch up

    Phrase

    to find out the latest news or information after missing it for a while

  • dwell

    Word

    to live in a particular place

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • storming

    Word

    moving forward quickly and forcefully

  • stand by

    Phrase

    to wait and be ready to act when needed

  • bedded

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    past tense and past participle of bed

  • narrowing

    Word

    the process of becoming narrower

  • unarmed

    Word

    not carrying a weapon

  • appliance

    Word

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

  • thrive

    Word

    to grow or develop very well

  • head start

    Phrase

    an advantage gained by starting before other people

  • suppress

    Word

    to stop something by force or authority

  • figure out

    Phrase

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

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • similarity

    Word

    the fact that two things are alike

  • padding

    Word

    soft material used to make something more comfortable, protect it, or give it shape

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • faulting

    Word

    the act of blaming or criticizing someone

  • see ya

    Phrase

    a casual way to say goodbye

  • get better

    Phrase

    to become healthier or improve

  • mound

    Word

    a small raised pile or hill of earth, sand, snow, or other material

  • stalled

    Word

    stopped and unable to continue moving or working

  • tactical

    Word

    carefully planned to achieve a particular goal, especially in a difficult situation

  • lifelong

    Word

    lasting for all of a person's life

  • netting

    Word

    a light open fabric made of threads or cord with holes in it

  • sync

    Word

    to make two devices or systems work together by sharing data

  • laying

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

  • refill

    Word

    to fill something again, especially a container or tank

  • abusive

    Word

    rude and hurtful, especially in a way that hurts someone repeatedly

  • either way

    Phrase

    used to say that the result is the same no matter which choice happens

  • too late

    Phrase

    so late that something can no longer be done or changed

  • public transportation

    Phrase

    transport that is available to everyone, such as buses, trains, and subways

  • conditioned

    Word

    trained to react in a particular way

  • every time

    Phrase

    used to say that something happens on each occasion that something else happens

  • not quite

    Phrase

    almost, but not completely

  • haunted

    Word

    looking sad, worried, or troubled, as if something bad has happened

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • white man

    Phrase

    a man who is White

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

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