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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S14E20: English vocabulary

Season 14, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • dissemble

    Word

    to hide your true feelings, thoughts, or intentions

  • blackball

    Word

    to vote against allowing someone to join a club or group

  • hysteric

    Word

    a person who is very emotional or reacts in an exaggerated way

  • pressman

    Word

    a person who operates a printing press

  • pinking

    Word

    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • iota

    Word

    a very small amount

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • purview

    Word

    the range of things that someone is responsible for or allowed to deal with

  • rationalize

    Word

    to give a false or self-serving reason for something you did or felt

  • undercut

    Word

    to sell something for less than a competitor

  • clouding

    Word

    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

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  • waver

    Word

    to move slightly back and forth, especially because of wind or uncertainty

  • churn

    Word

    to stir cream or milk until it becomes butter

  • mismatch

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    to make two things not match or fit together properly

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • sedate

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    calm, quiet, and not lively

  • lucid

    Word

    clear and easy to understand; expressed in a clear way

  • pining

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    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • allege

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    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • topless

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    with no clothes on the upper body

  • alumnus

    Word

    a person who has graduated from a school, college, or university

  • perjury

    Word

    the crime of lying under oath in court

  • blanketing

    Word

    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

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  • brownie

    Word

    a small square of rich chocolate cake

  • samaritan

    Word

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

  • waive

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    to give up a right, claim, or rule requirement

  • couched

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    to express something in a particular way

  • implicate

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    to show or suggest that someone is involved in something bad or illegal

  • braving

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    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • evener

    Word

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

  • kinky

    Word

    sexually unconventional or involving unusual sexual practices

  • adept

    Word

    very skilled at doing something

  • affidavit

    Word

    a written statement that you swear is true, used as evidence in court

  • confiscate

    Word

    to take something away from someone using legal or official authority

  • assailant

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    a person who attacks someone physically

  • derail

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    to make a train or tram leave its tracks

  • factoring

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

  • nodding

    Word

    slightly moving the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment

  • scrolled

    Word

    moved a page or screen up or down

  • nip

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    a small amount of a drink, especially alcohol

  • convene

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    to gather people together for a meeting or event

  • sedative

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    a drug that makes someone calm or sleepy

  • virginity

    Word

    the state of never having had sex

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • bureaucracy

    Word

    a system of government or organization with many rules and officials

  • retract

    Word

    to pull something back or back in

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • circle the wagons

    Phrase

    to join together to defend yourself against criticism or an attack

  • grime

    Word

    a layer of dirt that is stuck on a surface

  • nipple

    Word

    the small round part on a person's chest that milk comes from in women and some female animals

  • potting

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    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • frenzy

    Word

    a state of wild, uncontrolled excitement or activity

  • sizing

    Word

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

  • juror

    Word

    a person who serves on a jury

  • blood in

    Phrase

    to join a gang by doing a violent act as part of an initiation

  • accountable

    Word

    responsible for explaining your actions or decisions to someone in authority

  • put the moves on

    Phrase

    to try to attract someone sexually or romantically

  • complicate

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    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • disciplinary

    Word

    relating to rules, discipline, or punishment for breaking rules

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • frat boy

    Phrase

    a young man who belongs to a college fraternity

  • hysterical

    Word

    very upset, excited, or out of control; also, extremely funny

  • break on

    Phrase

    to insult or embarrass someone in public

  • haze

    Word

    a light mist or smoky cloud that makes it hard to see clearly

  • number seven

    Phrase

    the batter who is scheduled to bat seventh in the batting order

  • intimidate

    Word

    to make someone feel afraid, especially in order to control them

  • go wild

    Phrase

    to become very excited and noisy

  • sham

    Word

    something that is fake or meant to deceive

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • town car

    Phrase

    a hired car with a driver, often used for airport or hotel trips

  • indictment

    Word

    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • true that

    Phrase

    used to strongly agree with someone

  • expel

    Word

    force someone to leave a place, school, or organization

  • trojan

    Word

    a computer virus that hides inside another file or program

  • look the other way

    Phrase

    to ignore something wrong on purpose

  • peer pressure

    Phrase

    pressure from friends or people your own age to do something

  • allegation

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    a claim that someone has done something wrong or illegal, without proof

  • follow up

    Phrase

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

  • obstruction

    Word

    something that blocks movement or makes progress difficult

  • omega

    Word

    the last letter of the Greek alphabet, written as Ω or ω

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • make out with

    Phrase

    to kiss and touch someone in a sexual or romantic way

  • incident report

    Phrase

    a written record of an accident, problem, or unusual event

  • guilty conscience

    Phrase

    a feeling of guilt or shame about something you have done

  • broken home

    Phrase

    a family where the parents are divorced or separated

  • school counselor

    Phrase

    a person at a school who helps students with academic, career, or personal problems

  • dean's list

    Phrase

    a list of students who have earned very high grades at a college or university

  • anal

    Word

    relating to the anus

  • step up

    Phrase

    to take action and become more involved or helpful

  • looping

    Word

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

  • ledge

    Word

    a narrow flat part that sticks out from a wall, cliff, or other surface

  • go through with

    Phrase

    to do something difficult or unpleasant that you planned or agreed to do

  • legal system

    Phrase

    the laws, courts, and legal procedures of a country

  • mixer

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    a machine used for mixing ingredients

  • fraternity

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    a group of male students at a college or university

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • walk on

    Phrase

    to come onto the stage in a performance

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