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Dexter S5E8: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 8CrimeDramaMystery

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  • torturer

    a person who tortures other people

  • coalesce

    to come together and form one thing or group

  • supremely

    to a very great degree; extremely

  • culpability

    responsibility for a wrong action or crime; blame

  • dishonorable

    shameful and not showing honor or good moral character

  • shackle

    a metal loop or fastener used to connect a chain or rope

  • jockeying

    competing hard for an advantage or position

  • bayed

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

  • sheeting

    cloth or material sold in large sheets

  • screamer

    a person or thing that screams

  • leavings

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

  • tranquilizer

    a medicine that helps a person or animal relax or sleep

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  • precipitate

    cause something bad to happen suddenly or earlier than expected

  • hungered

    to feel very hungry

  • reinstatement

    the act of giving someone back a job, title, or right they had before

  • fascinate

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • ballistics

    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • souring

    becoming sour, spoiled, or unpleasant

  • pining

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • dishing

    giving out or handing out something, often quickly or generously

  • jacketed

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • primal

    relating to the earliest stage of life, history, or development

  • ahem

    used to get someone's attention, or to show mild embarrassment or disapproval

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