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Criminal Minds S6E21: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 21CrimeDramaMystery

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  • cribbing

    Word

    the act of copying someone else’s work or ideas without permission

  • incarcerate

    Word

    to put someone in prison

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • goring

    Word

    to wound or kill by stabbing with a horn or tusk

  • lewd

    Word

    sexual in a rude or offensive way

  • canvass

    Word

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • solidify

    Word

    to make something hard, firm, or solid

  • sporadically

    Word

    sometimes, but not regularly or often

  • impotent

    Word

    unable to act or help effectively; powerless

  • coffeehouse

    Word

    a café where people go to drink coffee and talk

  • vitals

    Word

    the main body functions that doctors check, such as pulse and breathing

  • infraction

    Word

    a small breaking of a law or rule

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  • workday

    Word

    a day when you work, especially one that is not a weekend or holiday

  • slasher

    Word

    a horror film with a lot of violent killings

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • tempering

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    the process of heating and cooling metal to make it harder and less brittle

  • incite

    Word

    to encourage people to act violently or unlawfully

  • bolting

    Word

    running away suddenly and quickly

  • academically

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    in a way that relates to school, college, or study

  • stalked

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    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • ahem

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

  • evener

    Word

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

  • meticulous

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    very careful about small details and exactness

  • inseparable

    Word

    so close that the people or things are always together and hard to separate

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  • smeared

    Word

    covered with a messy layer of something that has been spread around

  • brunette

    Word

    a woman or girl with dark brown hair

  • factoring

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    the practice of selling unpaid bills to get money before they are paid

  • compel

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    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • relentless

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    continuing without stopping or weakening

  • negotiator

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    a person who helps people or groups reach an agreement

  • gore

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    blood, especially when it is seen after violence or an accident

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • sitter

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    a person who looks after children for a short time while their parents are away

  • shadowing

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    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • experimentation

    Word

    the practice of trying new ideas, methods, or ways of doing something

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • inhuman

    Word

    cruel and lacking human kindness or compassion

  • boy wonder

    Phrase

    a young man who is very talented or successful

  • delusion

    Word

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

  • triad

    Word

    a group of three connected people or things

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • grieve

    Word

    to feel deep sadness, especially because someone has died

  • behold

    Word

    to look at something with attention or wonder

  • substitution

    Word

    the act of replacing one thing with another

  • browse

    Word

    to look at things in a relaxed, casual way, especially in a shop or online

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • hesitant

    Word

    not feeling sure or ready to do something

  • ticking

    Word

    the sound of something, especially a clock, ticking

  • methodology

    Word

    a set of methods used in a particular field of study or activity

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • snore

    Word

    to breathe noisily while sleeping

  • abandonment

    Word

    the act of leaving someone or something behind

  • smear

    Word

    a messy mark or streak made by a sticky or greasy substance

  • inflict

    Word

    to cause someone to suffer something unpleasant or painful

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • mystical

    Word

    connected with spiritual experiences or mysterious religious feelings

  • hide out

    Phrase

    to stay in a place secretly, especially to avoid being found or arrested

  • stand over

    Phrase

    to watch or supervise someone closely, often in an annoying way

  • powerless

    Word

    unable to act, influence events, or change a situation

  • spar

    Word

    to practice fighting or boxing without trying to win

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • too much information

    Phrase

    an informal remark used when someone has said something too personal or too detailed

  • cheesy

    Word

    tasting or smelling like cheese

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • recreate

    Word

    make something again, especially in a new or different way

  • ordeal

    Word

    a very difficult, painful, or upsetting experience

  • on edge

    Phrase

    nervous and unable to relax

  • arming

    Word

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

  • schoolgirl

    Word

    a girl who goes to school

  • suspense

    Word

    a feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what will happen next

  • easy target

    Phrase

    A person or thing that is easy to attack, criticize, or make fun of

  • marriage license

    Phrase

    an official document that allows a couple to get married

  • military personnel

    Phrase

    the people serving in a country's armed forces

  • trade school

    Phrase

    a school that teaches practical skills for a job or trade

  • compassionate

    Word

    showing kindness and concern for people who are suffering

  • fingerprint

    Word

    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • likelihood

    Word

    the chance that something will happen

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • built up

    Phrase

    closely packed with buildings or houses

  • major in

    Phrase

    to study a subject as your main subject at college or university

  • patio

    Word

    an outdoor area next to a house where people can sit, eat, or relax

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • walk through

    Phrase

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

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • classify

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    to put people or things into groups based on shared qualities

  • devastation

    Word

    great destruction or damage

  • know of

    Phrase

    to know that a person or thing exists, but not know much about them

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • violate

    Word

    to break a rule, law, or agreement

  • medic

    Word

    a person trained to give emergency medical care

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

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