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Bones S9E18: English vocabulary

Season 9, Episode 18CrimeDrama

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  • seclude

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    to keep someone or something apart from other people

  • horrify

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    to make someone feel very shocked, frightened, or disgusted

  • sublimate

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    to change a strong feeling or desire into a more acceptable form of activity

  • encase

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    to cover or enclose something completely

  • ulna

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    the thinner of the two bones in the forearm, on the side of the little finger

  • excrete

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    to remove waste substances from the body

  • phallic

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    relating to or shaped like a penis

  • sternum

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    the bone in the center of the chest

  • nestle

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    to settle or lie comfortably in a place or against something

  • orifice

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    an opening in a body or object

  • barnyard

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    the area next to a barn where farm animals are kept

  • itinerant

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    traveling from place to place

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  • welcomer

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    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • twittering

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    the soft, repeated sound birds make

  • leavings

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    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • microscopy

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    the study of very small objects using microscopes

  • gypsum

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    a soft white or gray mineral used to make plaster and drywall

  • reassemble

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    to put something back together after it has been taken apart

  • laterally

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    in a sideways direction

  • snatcher

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    a person who steals things, especially by grabbing them quickly

  • rustle

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    to make a soft, dry sound like leaves or paper moving

  • babble

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    to talk quickly and continuously in a confused or silly way

  • squint

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    to look at something with your eyes partly closed, often because of bright light or to see better

  • vertebra

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    one of the small bones that make up the spine

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  • impotence

    Word

    a feeling of being unable to act, change things, or control a situation

  • scurvy

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    a disease caused by not getting enough vitamin C, which can make gums bleed and teeth loosen

  • clang

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    to make a loud, sharp metallic sound

  • tiff

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    a small, petty quarrel

  • understatement

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    the act of making something seem less important or less serious than it really is

  • talisman

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    an object that people believe brings good luck or protection

  • riveting

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    very interesting and impossible to ignore

  • bristle

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    a short, stiff hair, especially on an animal or on a brush

  • cymbal

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    a thin round metal plate that makes a loud ringing sound when hit

  • predation

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    the act of one animal hunting and eating another

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • mandible

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    the lower jaw or lower jawbone

  • thumping

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    making a dull, heavy sound

  • musk

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    a strong-smelling substance used in perfumes

  • exhale

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    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • drool

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    to let saliva run from your mouth

  • startle

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    to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

  • squeal

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    to make a long, high-pitched cry or noise

  • honk

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    to make a loud, harsh sound with a horn or voice

  • debit

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    an amount of money taken from an account or recorded as owed

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • whimsical

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    playfully unusual or imaginative in a charming way

  • pathological

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    relating to disease or caused by a disease

  • stalked

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    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • poignant

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    causing a strong feeling of sadness, pity, or regret

  • angular

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    having sharp corners or a lot of angles

  • asparagus

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    a long green vegetable that grows in thin stalks

  • evener

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

  • cervical

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    relating to the neck or the cervix

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • squeak

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    to make a short, high-pitched sound

  • whoop

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    to shout loudly because you are excited or happy

  • apparition

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    a ghost or a strange image of a person or thing that seems to appear suddenly

  • groan

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

  • irritable

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    easily annoyed or made angry

  • obsess

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    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • galley

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    a long, low ship used in the past, often moved by oars

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • ballooned

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    to rise or grow very quickly in amount, size, or cost

  • overalls

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    a piece of clothing with trousers and a bib front, worn over a shirt for work or casual wear

  • motoring

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    a drive or trip in a car, especially for pleasure

  • remodel

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    to change the structure or style of a room or building

  • frail

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    weak, delicate, and easily hurt or damaged

  • whew

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    used to show relief, surprise, or tiredness

  • leafy

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    covered with leaves or having many leaves

  • congratulation

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

  • devour

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    to eat something very quickly and eagerly

  • stimulus

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    something that causes a reaction, interest, or activity

  • accordion

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    a portable musical instrument you play by squeezing bellows and pressing keys or buttons

  • prostate

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    a gland in men that helps produce semen

  • indicative

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    showing that something is likely true or real

  • ribbed

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    having raised ridges or lines

  • tripping

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    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • Big Brother

    Phrase

    a person or system that closely watches people and limits their privacy

  • mellow

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    pleasantly soft, smooth, and not harsh

  • plugging

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    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • gassing

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    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • sizing

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

  • cervical vertebra

    Phrase

    one of the seven bones in the neck

  • beta blocker

    Phrase

    a drug that lowers blood pressure and slows the heart rate

  • sleep apnea

    Phrase

    a medical condition in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts during sleep

  • when all is said and done

    Phrase

    used to say that after considering everything, something is true or most important

  • superstitious

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    believing that certain events or objects can bring good or bad luck

  • fives

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

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • set over

    Phrase

    to transfer the ownership of something to someone else

  • tabling

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    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • pulling the plug

    Phrase

    to stop supporting or continuing something

  • embankment

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    a raised bank of earth or stone built to protect land from flooding

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • caucasian

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    a person from the Caucasus region

  • intersect

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    to meet or cross at a point

  • fancied

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    imagined rather than real

  • percussion

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    the act of hitting one thing against another, especially in music or medicine

  • hunch

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    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • detergent

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    a cleaning product used for washing clothes or dishes

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