Criminal Minds S9E4: English vocabulary

a barrier built quickly to block a road, door, or area

so useful or valuable that you could not manage without it

feeling sleepy and unable to stay fully awake

extremely small; too small to see without a microscope

to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

a sudden strong expression of emotion, especially anger

to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

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

used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

a condition in which a person loses some or all memory

a small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tire

to guess or form an opinion about something without enough evidence

to insult or provoke someone with mocking remarks

the equipment and setup used to make products in a factory

the business of buying and selling foreign currencies

marks or scars on the skin caused by repeated drug injections

to force an enemy or crowd to move back

to make something more steady and less likely to change suddenly

past tense and past participle of shoot

to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

a trained doctor who treats animals

the act of leaving someone or something behind

to do something with full effort or confidence

relating to the front part of something

imagined rather than real

a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

to make a list, report, or book by gathering information from different sources

to move or act quickly, but with difficulty or in a clumsy way

a small, sharp piece of wood, glass, or metal that has broken off something larger

a quicker route or method for reaching a goal or getting ahead

the main stem of a plant

to cut something off or separate it by force

used to comment that something annoying or surprising has happened, often with a sense of irony

not based on clear thought or good judgment

unable to act, influence events, or change a situation

the rounded part of something, especially one of the sections of a brain or the lower part of the ear

to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

used to express annoyance when something inconvenient or unlucky happens

to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

actively dealing with something or working on it

having a mental illness

a student who studies at another school or university for a period as part of an exchange program

a trial run of a machine, system, or process before it is used for real

moving up and down repeatedly

willing or likely to do something; having a tendency to do it

the part of a sleeve that fits tightly around the wrist

a student who is studying for a graduate degree

be related to something or fit in with it

a quick automatic reaction to something, without thinking

to use up a supply of something

used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

to speak or act more quickly

to park a vehicle so that another vehicle cannot get out

to end a romantic relationship

wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

the process of preserving food by salting, drying, or smoking

the colored part of the eye around the pupil

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

people who have little money or wealth

to pretend you have an advantage, skill, or plan in order to trick someone

a man who is free and has full legal and political rights

to support the weight of something so it does not fall

marked or decorated with letters or writing

to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

make someone feel ashamed, embarrassed, or foolish

to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

used to talk about an earlier time in the past

to find an answer to something or understand it after thinking about it

a feeling of slight pain, worry, or unease

a person who has done something illegal or wrong

to some extent; fairly

to put a liquid, drug, or other substance into something or someone

a casual way to say goodbye

a sweet fried cake, often shaped like a ring

an extra amount of money added to a normal price or payment