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CSI: Crime Scene Investigation S14E20: English vocabulary

Season 14, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • salivate

    Word

    to produce saliva, especially when you expect food

  • slosh

    Word

    to move through water or another liquid with a splashing sound

  • sidle

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    to move sideways, often in a shy or sneaky way

  • jilt

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    to suddenly end a romantic relationship with someone

  • delectable

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    very delicious or appealing, especially when talking about food

  • writhe

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    to twist or squirm because of pain, fear, or discomfort

  • appetizing

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    looking or smelling good enough to make you want to eat it

  • stomaching

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    the present participle of stomach

  • newsman

    Word

    a man who reports the news on radio or television

  • cresting

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    to rise and become visible over the horizon

  • disembodied

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    seeming to exist without a body, especially as a voice or presence

  • dabble

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    to put your hands or feet into water and move them gently

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  • trespasser

    Word

    a person who enters land or property without permission

  • scavenge

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    to search for and collect useful things, especially from waste or discarded material

  • brimstone

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    an old word for sulfur

  • dismemberment

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    the act of cutting up a body into pieces

  • gaunt

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    very thin, pale, and looking unhealthy or tired

  • drumstick

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    a stick used for hitting a drum

  • serrated

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    having a jagged edge with small, sawlike teeth

  • welcomer

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

  • jugular

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    the vein in the neck that carries blood from the head back to the heart

  • carotid

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    either of the two main arteries that carry blood to the head and neck

  • looped

    Word

    twisted or bent into a loop or loops

  • leavings

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

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  • reek

    Word

    to smell very bad

  • muscling

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    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • weirdness

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    the quality of being strange or unusual

  • gobble

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    to eat something quickly and noisily

  • hounding

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    to keep bothering someone again and again, especially by following or questioning them

  • murmuring

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    a soft, low, continuous sound

  • madhouse

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    a place or situation with extreme confusion and noise

  • clink

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    to make a light, sharp ringing sound

  • gelatin

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    a tasteless substance made from collagen, used in cooking to make jelly and other foods firm

  • grisly

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    causing horror or disgust because it is very shocking or gruesome

  • butchering

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    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

  • maggot

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    the soft, legless larva of a fly

  • cannibalism

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    the practice of eating the flesh of one's own species

  • condiment

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    a food added to meals to give them more flavor, such as ketchup, mustard, or soy sauce

  • pansy

    Word

    a small flower with brightly colored petals

  • snuff

    Word

    powdered tobacco that is sniffed through the nose

  • loony

    Word

    crazy or silly

  • fillet

    Word

    a boneless piece of meat or fish

  • padlock

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    a small lock with a U-shaped metal bar, used for doors, gates, bikes, and boxes

  • surgically

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    in a way that is very careful and precise

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • quench

    Word

    to make a fire stop burning

  • hunk

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    a large piece of something, especially food or meat

  • ingest

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    to take food, drink, or a substance into the body by swallowing or absorbing it

  • deviant

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    different from what is normal or accepted

  • lucifer

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    a match that lights when struck

  • heirloom

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    something valuable that has been passed down in a family for many years

  • ugliness

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    the quality of being ugly or unpleasant to look at

  • fixation

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    the state of being fixed or made firm

  • cyanide

    Word

    a very poisonous chemical compound used in some industrial processes

  • trespass

    Word

    to enter land or property without permission

  • creak

    Word

    to make a harsh, high-pitched sound as it moves or is pressed

  • blindly

    Word

    without looking, or without being able to see clearly

  • solicit

    Word

    to ask for money, help, or information in a formal way

  • evener

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

  • meticulous

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    very careful about small details and exactness

  • brunch

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    a late morning meal that combines breakfast and lunch

  • boning

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    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • assailant

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    a person who attacks someone physically

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • cannibal

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    a person who eats human flesh

  • stripper

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    a person who takes off their clothes as entertainment, especially in a club or bar

  • chime

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    the sound made by bells or similar metal tubes

  • shadowy

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    dark, hard to see clearly, or partly hidden in shadow

  • fetish

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    an object or idea that someone feels an unusually strong interest in or attraction to

  • obsess

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

  • blindfold

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    a cloth or band tied over someone's eyes so they cannot see

  • chirp

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    to make a short, high sound, especially like a small bird or insect

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • logics

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    the study of correct reasoning

  • prologue

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    an opening part of a book, play, or film that comes before the main story

  • elusive

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    difficult to find, catch, understand, or remember

  • eater

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    a person or thing that eats

  • unravel

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    to separate threads or fibers, or come apart into threads

  • magically

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    in a way that seems to happen by magic

  • relentless

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    continuing without stopping or weakening

  • compulsive

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    done because of a strong, hard-to-control urge

  • hors d'oeuvre

    Phrase

    small dishes served before the main course

  • vibrate

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    to move quickly and repeatedly from side to side

  • deterioration

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    the process of getting worse

  • donut

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    a sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring

  • stripping

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    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • lingerie

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    women's underwear, especially attractive or delicate styles

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • devour

    Word

    to eat something very quickly and eagerly

  • human hand

    Phrase

    the work or influence of people, especially when something is not natural

  • feeding frenzy

    Phrase

    a sudden, aggressive rush by many people to get something limited

  • benign

    Word

    not harmful or dangerous

  • morgue

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    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • salting

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    the act of adding salt to food or water

  • horrific

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    extremely shocking, violent, or upsetting

  • apprehend

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    to arrest someone, especially a suspect

  • linger

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    to stay somewhere longer than needed, often because you do not want to leave

  • tendon

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    a strong band of tissue that connects a muscle to a bone

  • palate

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    the roof of the mouth inside your mouth

  • frenzy

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    a state of wild, uncontrolled excitement or activity

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