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Bones S8E18: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 18CrimeDrama

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  • whir

    Word

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • dispassionate

    Word

    calm and fair, without being influenced by strong feelings

  • catacomb

    Word

    an underground burial place with tunnels and rooms for tombs

  • clavicle

    Word

    the bone between your shoulder and chest

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • exhort

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    to strongly urge someone to do something

  • protrude

    Word

    stick out beyond a surface

  • asymmetry

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    the state of not being symmetrical

  • yaw

    Word

    the side-to-side movement of an aircraft, ship, or vehicle around a vertical axis

  • scoff

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    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • deft

    Word

    good at doing things with your hands, especially in a quick, neat way

  • phalanx

    Word

    a group of soldiers or police standing or moving in a tight formation

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  • prong

    Word

    one of the pointed parts on a fork or similar object

  • invulnerable

    Word

    impossible or very hard to harm, damage, or defeat

  • vertebra

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    one of the small bones that make up the spine

  • murmuring

    Word

    a soft, low, continuous sound

  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • spectroscopy

    Word

    the scientific study of how matter interacts with light and other electromagnetic radiation

  • tibia

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

  • extremity

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    the farthest point or outer edge of something

  • copped

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

  • alienate

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    to make someone feel less connected or less friendly toward you or a group

  • deformation

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    a change in the shape of something caused by force, heat, or pressure

  • decompose

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    to break down naturally into simpler substances

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  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • requisition

    Word

    to officially take and use something, especially property or supplies, for a particular purpose

  • mandible

    Word

    the lower jaw or lower jawbone

  • swab

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    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • concurrently

    Word

    at the same time

  • plating

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    the process of covering something with a thin layer of metal

  • overseer

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    a person who supervises workers or a project

  • inflated

    Word

    too large or too high, especially in a way that is not true or reasonable

  • incite

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    to encourage people to act violently or unlawfully

  • exhale

    Word

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • duplication

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    the act of making an exact copy of something

  • samaritan

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    a very helpful or kind person, especially one who helps a stranger

  • bayonet

    Word

    a knife fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon

  • couched

    Word

    to express something in a particular way

  • evener

    Word

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

  • lug

    Word

    to carry or drag something heavy with effort

  • nomenclature

    Word

    the system of names and terms used in a particular subject

  • repress

    Word

    to stop yourself from showing or feeling something

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • centerpiece

    Word

    the main or most eye-catching part of something

  • whoop

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    to shout loudly because you are excited or happy

  • indict

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    to formally accuse someone of a serious crime

  • sneaker

    Word

    a soft shoe with a rubber sole, worn for sports or casual use

  • outlying

    Word

    far from the center or main area

  • profess

    Word

    to state or claim something openly

  • groan

    Word

    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • yay

    Word

    used to show happiness, excitement, or approval

  • coo

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    to make the soft sound that a pigeon or dove makes

  • aperture

    Word

    an opening or gap, especially in a machine or camera

  • oppressive

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    causing suffering or unfair control, especially by those in power

  • remodel

    Word

    to change the structure or style of a room or building

  • chloride

    Word

    a chemical compound containing chlorine

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • outburst

    Word

    a sudden strong expression of emotion, especially anger

  • heartbreaking

    Word

    causing very deep sadness or pain

  • hardened

    Word

    made hard or tougher by heat, cold, use, or time

  • lesion

    Word

    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • indicative

    Word

    showing that something is likely true or real

  • ribbed

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    having raised ridges or lines

  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • anthropologist

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    a person who studies human societies, cultures, and how they change over time

  • deport

    Word

    to force someone to leave a country, usually because they have broken the law or do not have legal permission to stay

  • gassing

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    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • potassium chloride

    Phrase

    a chemical compound used as a salt substitute, fertilizer, and medicine

  • enlighten

    Word

    to help someone understand something better

  • 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

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • anterior

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    located at the front of something

  • correlation

    Word

    a connection or relationship between two things, especially when one changes with the other

  • informative

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    giving useful information or facts

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • elevate

    Word

    to lift something to a higher position

  • mumble

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    to speak quietly and unclearly, so that it is hard to understand

  • reflective

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    thinking carefully about your own thoughts, feelings, or actions

  • chrome

    Word

    a hard, shiny metal used to cover other metals

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • linguistic

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    relating to language or the study of language

  • remorse

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    a strong feeling of regret and guilt about something wrong you did

  • janitor

    Word

    a person whose job is cleaning and taking care of a building

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • conflicting

    Word

    not agreeing with something else; contradictory

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • now you're talking

    Phrase

    used to show strong agreement with a suggestion

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • harden

    Word

    to become hard, or to make something hard

  • differential

    Word

    showing or based on a difference

  • initiation

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    the act of officially admitting someone into a group, often with a ritual

  • sill

    Word

    the flat piece at the bottom of a window or doorway

  • arming

    Word

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

  • chuckle

    Word

    to laugh quietly

  • dishwasher

    Word

    a machine that washes dishes automatically

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

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