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Bones S11E13: English vocabulary

Season 11, Episode 13CrimeDrama

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  • yowl

    Word

    to make a long, loud, mournful cry

  • preoccupy

    Word

    to fill someone's mind so they can think of little else

  • officious

    Word

    too eager to tell other people what to do, especially in a way that is annoying

  • fetid

    Word

    having a very bad smell

  • ossification

    Word

    the process of turning into bone

  • obfuscate

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    to make something harder to understand, especially on purpose

  • inordinate

    Word

    much more than is normal or reasonable

  • taxidermy

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    the art or job of preparing dead animals and mounting them so they look lifelike

  • ulna

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

  • pleat

    Word

    a fold sewn into cloth, especially in a skirt or dress

  • addendum

    Word

    extra information added at the end of a book, report, or document

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

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  • rawhide

    Word

    untanned animal skin, used for making things like straps, whips, or boots

  • marionette

    Word

    a puppet moved by strings from above

  • chamomile

    Word

    a plant with small white flowers, used to make herbal tea

  • allot

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    to set aside a part of something for a particular purpose or person

  • scavenge

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

  • scoff

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    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • emanate

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    to come from a source and spread out from it

  • mooned

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    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • hyperbolic

    Word

    exaggerated or overstated

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • earmark

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    to set money, time, or resources aside for a particular purpose

  • leavings

    Word

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

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  • reexamine

    Word

    to examine something again, especially to check it more carefully or consider it differently

  • reassemble

    Word

    to put something back together after it has been taken apart

  • corinthian

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    relating to Corinth, an ancient city in Greece

  • unsound

    Word

    not strong, safe, or reliable; likely to fail or break

  • tibia

    Word

    the larger bone in the lower part of the leg, between the knee and the ankle

  • incisor

    Word

    one of the front teeth used for cutting food

  • pubic

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    relating to the area around the pubic bone or genitals

  • clatter

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    to make a series of short, sharp rattling sounds

  • predation

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    the act of one animal hunting and eating another

  • gibbon

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    a small ape with very long arms that swings through trees

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • swab

    Word

    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • termite

    Word

    a small pale insect that lives in large colonies and eats wood

  • exhale

    Word

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • articulated

    Word

    made of parts joined by flexible joints

  • conceivable

    Word

    able to be imagined or thought possible

  • silvery

    Word

    looking or shining like silver

  • enamel

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    a hard, shiny coating used to protect or decorate something

  • evener

    Word

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

  • woe

    Word

    great sadness or suffering

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • seeming

    Word

    appearing to be true or real, but not necessarily so

  • cocking

    Word

    the act of pulling back a gun’s hammer or firing mechanism

  • shuttered

    Word

    closed and no longer open for business

  • chime

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    the sound made by bells or similar metal tubes

  • factoring

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

  • inconclusive

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    not giving a clear answer or result

  • groan

    Word

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

  • obsess

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

  • limbo

    Word

    a state of uncertainty while you are waiting for a decision or result

  • geez

    Word

    used to show surprise, annoyance, or frustration

  • jerking

    Word

    making quick, sharp movements

  • scavenger

    Word

    an animal that eats dead animals or leftover food

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • confine

    Word

    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • deterioration

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    the process of getting worse

  • whew

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    used to show relief, surprise, or tiredness

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • manipulative

    Word

    trying to control or influence people in a dishonest way for your own benefit

  • mommy issues

    Phrase

    an informal, often joking way of saying someone has emotional problems because of a difficult relationship with their mother

  • butting

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    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • bucking

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    moving up and down suddenly and forcefully, like a horse kicking out

  • disposed

    Word

    willing to do something or likely to agree to it

  • statistically

    Word

    using statistics or based on statistical data

  • to the house

    Phrase

    home; to or at home

  • palate

    Word

    the roof of the mouth inside your mouth

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • erratic

    Word

    changing suddenly and unpredictably

  • skirting

    Word

    a board or strip fixed along the bottom of a wall

  • growl

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    to make a low, rough sound, especially in anger or warning

  • probable cause

    Phrase

    legal grounds that justify an arrest, search, or similar police action

  • 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

  • walk down

    Phrase

    to keep moving toward an opponent and keep attacking them in a fight

  • meow

    Word

    the sound a cat makes

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • snore

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    to breathe noisily while sleeping

  • engraving

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    the process of cutting a design or words into a hard surface

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • frontal

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    relating to the front part of something

  • caucasian

    Word

    a person from the Caucasus region

  • rout

    Word

    a complete defeat in which one side is forced to run away in disorder

  • rumbling

    Word

    a deep, low, continuous sound

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • silhouette

    Word

    the dark outline or shape of someone or something seen against a lighter background

  • prospective

    Word

    expected or likely to happen in the future

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • swear to God

    Phrase

    Used to strongly say that something is true or to emphasize that you are being honest

  • screw with

    Phrase

    to annoy someone or interfere with something, often in a playful or irritating way

  • lay it on

    Phrase

    to exaggerate something when speaking

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • screwing

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    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • porridge

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    a soft food made by boiling oats or other grains in water or milk until thick

  • soaking

    Word

    completely wet

  • scripture

    Word

    the holy writings of a religion

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