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Criminal Minds S5E12: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 12CrimeDramaMystery

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  • cupful

    Word

    the amount that fills one cup

  • dehumanize

    Word

    to treat people as if they are less than fully human

  • medicate

    Word

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

  • immobility

    Word

    the state of not moving or being able to move

  • handcraft

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    to make something by hand, often using traditional methods

  • irreparably

    Word

    in a way that cannot be repaired or fixed

  • molester

    Word

    a person who sexually abuses someone, especially a child

  • metabolize

    Word

    to break down food or a substance in the body so it can be used

  • chiffon

    Word

    a thin, light, sheer fabric

  • permutation

    Word

    an arrangement of a set of things in a different order

  • chessboard

    Word

    a board with 64 squares used for playing chess

  • introvert

    Word

    a person who prefers quiet, private activities and spending time alone

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  • subcontract

    Word

    to hire another company to do part of a job or project

  • bedridden

    Word

    unable to get out of bed because of illness or weakness

  • scalping

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    the illegal buying of tickets and reselling them for a much higher price

  • leavings

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

  • placard

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    a large sign or poster, especially one used in a protest or public notice

  • hounding

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    to keep bothering someone again and again, especially by following or questioning them

  • hoarding

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    the act of keeping and storing a lot of things, often too many

  • outlive

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    to live longer than someone or something

  • materialistic

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    too interested in money and expensive things

  • paralyze

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    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • inpatient

    Word

    a patient who stays in a hospital overnight or longer for treatment

  • wean

    Word

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

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  • criminally

    Word

    in a way that is extremely bad or excessive

  • consignment

    Word

    goods sent to someone, especially for sale

  • seamstress

    Word

    a woman who sews clothes, especially as a job

  • immobile

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    not moving; still

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • categorize

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    to put something into a particular group or category

  • impeccable

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    perfect or without faults

  • compulsion

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    a strong urge to do something, especially one that is hard to control

  • regimen

    Word

    a planned course of treatment, diet, or exercise for health

  • antisocial

    Word

    unfriendly and not wanting to spend time with other people

  • combing

    Word

    the act of combing hair

  • stitching

    Word

    the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

  • negligent

    Word

    not careful enough, especially in a way that causes harm or breaks a duty

  • evener

    Word

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

  • hem

    Word

    the folded and sewn edge of a piece of clothing or cloth

  • thrift

    Word

    careful use of money and other resources; not wasting them

  • psychics

    Word

    people who claim they can sense hidden things or predict the future

  • streaked

    Word

    having thin lines or marks of a different color

  • familiarity

    Word

    familiar knowledge or experience of something

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • hemorrhage

    Word

    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • inference

    Word

    a conclusion you reach from facts or evidence

  • motoring

    Word

    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • ensign

    Word

    a junior officer in the navy or coast guard

  • checkmate

    Word

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

  • petite

    Word

    small and attractively delicate, especially used about a woman

  • tailoring

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    the work of making or altering clothes so they fit well

  • clump

    Word

    a small, tight group or mass of things

  • inhibitor

    Word

    a person or thing that slows or stops a process

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • stimulus

    Word

    something that causes a reaction, interest, or activity

  • malnutrition

    Word

    a lack of proper food or nutrients that harms health

  • sit on it

    Phrase

    Used to tell someone rudely to go away or stop bothering you

  • depress

    Word

    to make someone feel very sad, discouraged, or hopeless

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • bohemian

    Word

    a person who lives in a free, unconventional way, especially an artist

  • dehydration

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    the condition of having lost too much water

  • potting

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    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • delusion

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    a false belief that someone strongly believes even though it is not true

  • 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

  • usefulness

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    the quality of being useful or practical

  • psychiatry

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

  • cortex

    Word

    the outer layer of the brain

  • graced

    Word

    to honor an event or place by being present

  • imaginative

    Word

    showing creativity and a strong ability to imagine new things

  • feed through

    Phrase

    to gradually begin to have an effect or be noticed

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • revolving

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    turning around a central point or axis

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • leverage

    Word

    the power or advantage you get from using something to help you achieve more

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • rapped

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    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • excel

    Word

    to be very good at something

  • prefrontal cortex

    Phrase

    the front part of the brain that helps with planning and decision-making

  • relinquish

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    to give up something, especially a right, title, or position

  • brittle

    Word

    hard and dry, so it breaks or crumbles easily

  • profiling

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

  • handkerchief

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    a small cloth used for wiping your nose or face

  • abduction

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

  • remorse

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

  • diabetic

    Word

    relating to diabetes or to people who have diabetes

  • scalp

    Word

    the skin on the top of your head

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • neural

    Word

    relating to nerves or the nervous system

  • redhead

    Word

    a person with red hair

  • recreate

    Word

    make something again, especially in a new or different way

  • pharmacist

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    a person who is trained to prepare and give out medicines

  • stimulation

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    the act of making someone or something more active, interested, or alert

  • sugared

    Word

    coated or mixed with sugar

  • 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

  • revolve around

    Phrase

    to be about or centered on something

  • medical record

    Phrase

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

  • mentally ill

    Phrase

    having a mental illness

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