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NCIS S19E16: English vocabulary

Season 19, Episode 16CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • overpay

    to pay more than something is worth or more than you should

  • womankind

    women considered as a group

  • stomaching

    the present participle of stomach

  • regurgitate

    to bring food back up into the mouth, or vomit

  • studding

    the act of decorating something with studs or small metal decorations

  • guano

    the waste from seabirds or bats, used as fertilizer

  • scapula

    one of the two flat bones on your upper back, behind the shoulder

  • contusion

    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • ornithology

    the scientific study of birds

  • tas

    a cup or drinking vessel

  • pleadings

    formal written statements submitted by each side in a lawsuit

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  • fascia

    a layer of tough tissue that surrounds and supports muscles and organs

  • glaring

    very bright and hard to look at

  • welcomer

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

  • leavings

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

  • reek

    to smell very bad

  • peony

    a plant with large, showy flowers

  • silvering

    the process of turning silver in color

  • feathering

    the feathers fixed to the back of an arrow or dart to help it fly straight

  • maim

    to injure someone very badly, often permanently

  • clouding

    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • tibia

    the larger bone in the lower part of the leg, between the knee and the ankle

  • fiend

    a very bad or cruel person

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