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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S13E15: English vocabulary

Season 13, Episode 15CrimeDramaMystery

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  • veneering

    Word

    the process of covering a surface with a thin layer of wood or another material

  • groper

    Word

    a person who feels around with their hands, especially in the dark

  • muckraker

    Word

    a journalist who investigates and exposes wrongdoing, especially by powerful people or companies

  • asphyxiate

    Word

    to stop someone from breathing, or make breathing very difficult

  • eyeglass

    Word

    a single lens worn in front of one eye

  • tormenting

    Word

    causing someone to feel great pain or suffering

  • incapacitate

    Word

    to make someone unable to function normally

  • materially

    Word

    to a large degree; in an important way

  • chit

    Word

    a short note or voucher, often showing that something has been paid or approved

  • bayed

    Word

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

  • pimping

    Word

    the crime of controlling a prostitute and taking money from their work

  • ged

    Word

    the General Educational Development test, which shows high school-level skills

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  • acreage

    Word

    the total area of a piece of land, especially when measured in acres

  • tranquilizer

    Word

    a medicine that helps a person or animal relax or sleep

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • canvass

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

  • hogging

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    to take or use more than your fair share of something

  • infest

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    to spread in large numbers and cause damage or problems

  • strangulation

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    the act of choking someone by pressing on the throat or neck

  • ahold

    Word

    the ability to contact or reach someone, especially in get ahold of

  • beater

    Word

    a kitchen tool with wire loops used for mixing or beating food

  • abrasion

    Word

    the wearing away of a surface by rubbing or scraping

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • veneer

    Word

    a thin layer of fine wood or another material used to cover a cheaper surface

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  • matchmaker

    Word

    a person who arranges romantic matches or marriages between other people

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • sedate

    Word

    calm, quiet, and not lively

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • underage

    Word

    too young to be allowed to do something by law

  • hallucination

    Word

    something you see, hear, or feel that seems real but is not caused by anything outside your mind

  • caterer

    Word

    a person or company that provides food and drink for an event

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • enclose

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    to put something inside or together with something else

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • ulster

    Word

    a long, heavy overcoat

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • dalmatian

    Word

    a dog of a breed with a white coat and black or brown spots

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • forage

    Word

    to search for food or supplies in the wild

  • donut

    Word

    a sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring

  • playmate

    Word

    a child or other person you play with

  • about face

    Phrase

    a military command telling soldiers to turn around and face the opposite direction

  • horse tranquilizer

    Phrase

    a slang term for ketamine

  • strangle

    Word

    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • Marine Corps

    Phrase

    the U.S. Marine Corps, the branch of the U.S. armed forces that fights on land and at sea

  • tailing

    Word

    the act of following someone closely in order to watch them or spy on them

  • injunction

    Word

    a court order that tells someone to stop doing something or to do something

  • It boy

    Phrase

    a young man who is very fashionable and widely talked about

  • raccoon

    Word

    a gray-brown North American animal with a black face mask and a ringed tail

  • civil liberty

    Phrase

    basic rights and freedoms that protect people from unfair government control

  • pimp

    Word

    a person who controls prostitutes and takes money from them

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • predatory

    Word

    hunting and killing other animals for food

  • booker

    Word

    a person who arranges reservations or bookings

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • dump on

    Phrase

    to complain to someone about your problems for a long time

  • pimp out

    Phrase

    to make something look flashy, stylish, or more elaborate

  • kennel

    Word

    a place where dogs are kept, boarded, or bred

  • milling

    Word

    the process of grinding grain into flour or other small particles

  • ers

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    a person who engages in a specified activity, especially a sport or branch of the performing arts, professionally or as a pastime.

  • fives

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

  • dosage

    Word

    the amount of medicine or a drug that should be taken at one time or over a period of time

  • escort service

    Phrase

    a business that arranges paid companions for customers

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • floor it

    Phrase

    to press the gas pedal all the way down

  • orion

    Word

    a group of stars that forms a pattern in the sky

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • channeling

    Word

    the act of directing energy, money, or attention into something

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • nicking

    Word

    stealing things, especially in a casual or sneaky way

  • anesthesia

    Word

    a drug-induced loss of feeling, or of feeling and consciousness, used during a medical procedure

  • summons

    Word

    an official order to appear in court

  • breeder

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    a person who breeds animals or plants

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • compress

    Word

    to press something so that it becomes smaller, flatter, or tighter

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • close up

    Phrase

    at a very short distance; with little space between things

  • search warrant

    Phrase

    an official court order that allows police to search a place

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • dog it

    Phrase

    to work or perform badly because you are not making enough effort

  • dead horse

    Phrase

    a topic or argument that has been discussed too much and is no longer useful

  • deployment

    Word

    the act of sending troops or equipment to a place for a mission

  • arming

    Word

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

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • restrain

    Word

    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • errand

    Word

    a short trip to do a small job, like shopping or delivering something

  • sit through

    Phrase

    to stay through something unpleasant until it ends

  • cash up

    Phrase

    to count and check the money in a business at the end of the day

  • look past

    Phrase

    to ignore or accept someone's faults, mistakes, or differences

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • burner

    Word

    a device on a stove or heater that produces a flame or heat

  • meth

    Word

    methamphetamine, a highly addictive illegal drug

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • winger

    Word

    a player in sports such as football or rugby who plays near the side of the field

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • subscriber

    Word

    a person who pays to receive a publication or use a service

  • physiology

    Word

    the study of how living things and their body parts work

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