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Criminal Minds S19E1: English vocabulary

Season 19, Episode 1CrimeDramaMystery

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  • comedown

    Word

    a feeling of disappointment or low energy after an exciting or successful time

  • abet

    Word

    to help or encourage someone to do something wrong or illegal

  • personify

    Word

    to show a strong example of a quality or feeling

  • deductive

    Word

    based on reasoning from general rules to specific conclusions

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • workbench

    Word

    a strong table used for doing manual work, especially in a workshop

  • dwindle

    Word

    to become gradually smaller, fewer, or weaker

  • shackle

    Word

    a metal loop or fastener used to connect a chain or rope

  • nefarious

    Word

    evil, criminal, or very dishonest

  • roomy

    Word

    having a lot of space inside

  • opportunist

    Word

    a person who uses chances to get what they want, often without caring about rules or principles

  • welcomer

    Word

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

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  • leavings

    Word

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

  • spew

    Word

    to send out or throw out quickly and forcefully

  • rote

    Word

    learning or memorizing by repeating something many times, often without fully understanding it

  • captor

    Word

    a person who has captured and is holding someone prisoner

  • devastate

    Word

    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • retrograde

    Word

    moving or directed backward

  • feathered

    Word

    covered with feathers or decorated with feathers

  • cranked

    Word

    turned or operated by a crank

  • bittersweet

    Word

    having a pleasant and sad feeling at the same time

  • gratification

    Word

    a feeling of pleasure or satisfaction

  • scone

    Word

    a small baked bread roll, often served with tea

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  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • gens

    Word

    a group of families in ancient Rome who claimed the same ancestor

  • crowbar

    Word

    a heavy metal bar used for forcing things open or moving heavy objects

  • heighten

    Word

    make something stronger, more intense, or more noticeable

  • elicit

    Word

    to get a reaction, answer, or feeling from someone

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • evener

    Word

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

  • heartache

    Word

    deep sadness or emotional pain

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • sickly

    Word

    looking weak, unhealthy, or slightly ill

  • trooper

    Word

    a soldier in the cavalry or another military unit

  • relive

    Word

    to experience something again, especially in your memory or imagination

  • laborer

    Word

    a person who does hard physical work for a living

  • coasting

    Word

    the act of moving along without using power

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • malnutrition

    Word

    a lack of proper food or nutrients that harms health

  • socialize

    Word

    to spend time with other people in a friendly, relaxed way

  • amnesia

    Word

    a condition in which a person loses some or all memory

  • adios

    Word

    goodbye

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • wisely

    Word

    in a way that shows good judgment

  • dehydration

    Word

    the condition of having lost too much water

  • taunt

    Word

    to insult or provoke someone with mocking remarks

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • at rest

    Phrase

    dead, in a respectful way

  • peep

    Word

    a short, high sound, especially from a bird or baby

  • boy off

    Phrase

    to insult or belittle a man in a rude, slang way

  • outnumber

    Word

    to be greater in number than someone or something

  • groundwork

    Word

    the basic work or preparation needed before something can succeed

  • 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

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • put it down

    Phrase

    to perform very well; to do something impressively

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • ticking

    Word

    the sound of something, especially a clock, ticking

  • coping

    Word

    the process of dealing with stress, problems, or difficult feelings

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • light on

    Phrase

    to land or settle lightly on something

  • crave

    Word

    to want something very much

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • dread

    Word

    to feel worried or afraid about something that may happen

  • cognitive

    Word

    relating to thinking, learning, memory, and understanding

  • accountability

    Word

    the fact of being responsible for your actions and able to explain them

  • subconscious

    Word

    happening in the mind without you being aware of it

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • detergent

    Word

    a cleaning product used for washing clothes or dishes

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • abduction

    Word

    the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

  • serve time

    Phrase

    to spend time in prison as punishment for a crime

  • think out loud

    Phrase

    to say what you are thinking as you think it

  • powerless

    Word

    unable to act, influence events, or change a situation

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • disposition

    Word

    a person's usual mood or character

  • sos

    Word

    a distress signal used to ask for urgent help

  • lineage

    Word

    your family history and the people you come from

  • noel

    Word

    a Christmas song, especially a traditional one

  • the hard way

    Phrase

    in a way that is more difficult than necessary

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • shake up

    Phrase

    to upset or disturb someone badly

  • state trooper

    Phrase

    a police officer who works for a state police force

  • thought out

    Phrase

    carefully planned or considered

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • captivity

    Word

    the state of being kept somewhere and not allowed to leave

  • griffin

    Word

    a mythical creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle

  • get into it

    Phrase

    to start arguing or fighting with someone

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • dead on

    Phrase

    exactly right; very accurate

  • grad student

    Phrase

    a student who is studying for a graduate degree

  • on the road

    Phrase

    away from home, especially while travelling or playing in another team’s venue

  • hold it in

    Phrase

    to stop yourself from showing a strong feeling or doing something you want to do

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