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NCIS S13E17: English vocabulary

Season 13, Episode 17CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • jauntily

    in a lively, confident, and slightly playful way

  • overrate

    to think or say that something is better, more important, or more valuable than it really is

  • chortle

    to laugh in a quiet, amused way

  • shoeless

    without shoes; barefoot

  • sniffle

    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • stomaching

    the present participle of stomach

  • shipmate

    a person who works on the same ship as you

  • spatter

    to scatter small drops or particles over a surface

  • ratting

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • unseal

    to remove a seal from something so it can be opened

  • wry

    showing dry, slightly mocking humor

  • marksmanship

    the skill of shooting accurately

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  • canvass

    to go from place to place asking people for opinions, votes, or support

  • vertebra

    one of the small bones that make up the spine

  • marksman

    a person who is very skilled at shooting a gun or hitting a target

  • contaminate

    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • condolence

    an expression of sympathy, especially when someone has died

  • clatter

    to make a series of short, sharp rattling sounds

  • rifling

    the spiral grooves inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin

  • workday

    a day when you work, especially one that is not a weekend or holiday

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • spotless

    completely clean and free from marks or dirt

  • exhale

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • heirloom

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

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