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Dexter S5E8: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 8CrimeDramaMystery

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  • torturer

    Word

    a person who tortures other people

  • coalesce

    Word

    to come together and form one thing or group

  • supremely

    Word

    to a very great degree; extremely

  • culpability

    Word

    responsibility for a wrong action or crime; blame

  • dishonorable

    Word

    shameful and not showing honor or good moral character

  • shackle

    Word

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

  • jockeying

    Word

    competing hard for an advantage or position

  • bayed

    Word

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

  • sheeting

    Word

    cloth or material sold in large sheets

  • screamer

    Word

    a person or thing that screams

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • tranquilizer

    Word

    a medicine that helps a person or animal relax or sleep

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  • precipitate

    Word

    cause something bad to happen suddenly or earlier than expected

  • hungered

    Word

    to feel very hungry

  • reinstatement

    Word

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

  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • ballistics

    Word

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

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • souring

    Word

    becoming sour, spoiled, or unpleasant

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • dishing

    Word

    giving out or handing out something, often quickly or generously

  • jacketed

    Word

    covered with a protective outer layer

  • primal

    Word

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

  • ahem

    Word

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

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  • evener

    Word

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

  • persuasive

    Word

    able to persuade people to do or believe something

  • sunburn

    Word

    red, painful skin caused by too much sun

  • glitch

    Word

    a small fault or problem in a machine, computer, or system

  • scapegoat

    Word

    a person who is blamed for other people's mistakes or problems

  • reinstate

    Word

    to give someone back their job, rank, or previous position

  • mayan

    Word

    relating to the Maya people or their civilization

  • bystander

    Word

    a person who sees an event or situation but does not get involved

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • get bent

    Phrase

    used to angrily tell someone to go away or stop bothering you

  • relive

    Word

    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • unify

    Word

    to bring different people, groups, or things together so they work as one

  • desk jockey

    Phrase

    an insulting word for someone who spends a lot of time doing office work at a desk

  • fucked up

    Phrase

    in a very bad, damaged, or disordered state

  • thrash

    Word

    hit someone or something repeatedly and violently

  • Petri dish

    Phrase

    a shallow dish with a lid, used for growing bacteria or other cells

  • when all is said and done

    Phrase

    used to say that after considering everything, something is true or most important

  • skirting

    Word

    a board or strip fixed along the bottom of a wall

  • graced

    Word

    to honor an event or place by being present

  • going away

    Phrase

    the act of leaving a place

  • fives

    Word

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

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • unbroken

    Word

    not broken, damaged, or interrupted

  • conceive

    Word

    to form or imagine an idea, plan, or situation in your mind

  • disciplinary

    Word

    relating to rules, discipline, or punishment for breaking rules

  • pelican

    Word

    a large water bird with a long bill and a pouch under its beak

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • live in the past

    Phrase

    to keep thinking about the past instead of moving on

  • gable

    Word

    the triangular upper part of a wall under a sloping roof

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • paneling

    Word

    wooden boards or panels used to cover a wall

  • true that

    Phrase

    used to strongly agree with someone

  • soul mate

    Phrase

    a person you feel a very deep, natural connection with, often as a romantic partner

  • beat up

    Phrase

    to attack someone and hit them hard

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • prevail

    Word

    to become stronger or more successful than something else

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • come down on

    Phrase

    to punish or criticize someone severely

  • drive off

    Phrase

    to force someone or something to leave by chasing or pushing them away

  • slip out

    Phrase

    to leave a place quietly so no one notices

  • innocent bystander

    Phrase

    a person who is not involved in a situation but is hurt by it

  • beer run

    Phrase

    a trip made to buy beer or other alcoholic drinks

  • skyscraper

    Word

    a very tall building with many floors

  • listen in

    Phrase

    to listen secretly to a conversation or broadcast

  • name after

    Phrase

    to give someone or something the name of another person or thing, usually to honor them

  • shack

    Word

    a small, simple, roughly built house or shelter

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • sort through

    Phrase

    to look through a group of things carefully to find what you need or decide what matters

  • engrave

    Word

    to cut or carve words or a design into a hard surface

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • postpone

    Word

    to change a planned event or action to a later time

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • live for

    Phrase

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

  • come around

    Phrase

    to change your opinion and start agreeing with someone

  • look back

    Phrase

    to think about the past, or about what happened before

  • act on

    Phrase

    to act because of information, advice, or a rule

  • better off

    Phrase

    in a better situation, especially after a change or decision

  • walk through

    Phrase

    to explain something to someone in a clear, step-by-step way

  • informant

    Word

    a person who gives information, especially secretly

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • work through

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem or difficult feeling gradually, step by step

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • shatter

    Word

    to break suddenly into many pieces

  • storming

    Word

    moving forward quickly and forcefully

  • to be honest

    Phrase

    used to introduce a frank opinion or statement

  • plasma

    Word

    the liquid part of blood that carries cells and nutrients

  • gag

    Word

    a device or piece of cloth used to stop someone from speaking

  • pierced

    Word

    past tense and past participle of pierce

  • weathering

    Word

    the wearing away or breaking down of rock and other materials by air, water, and weather

  • downhill

    Word

    toward the bottom of a hill or slope

  • duct

    Word

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

  • set up

    Phrase

    prepare something so it can be used or can happen

  • loot

    Word

    valuable things stolen or taken by force

  • cast off

    Phrase

    to take off clothes or other coverings

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