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Bones S11E17: English vocabulary

Season 11, Episode 17CrimeDrama

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  • intoxicate

    Word

    to affect with alcohol or drugs, especially so that someone becomes confused or less clear-minded

  • relapsing

    Word

    happening again after a period of improvement

  • nubile

    Word

    sexually attractive and physically mature, especially used about a young woman

  • comely

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    pleasant and attractive in a simple, graceful way

  • witless

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    lacking intelligence or good judgment; foolish

  • abhorrent

    Word

    causing strong disgust or moral dislike

  • sputum

    Word

    mucus or phlegm that is coughed up from the lungs or airways

  • rotator

    Word

    a part of a machine that turns around an axis

  • concomitant

    Word

    happening together with something else; closely connected with it

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • salutation

    Word

    a formal greeting, especially at the start of a letter or speech

  • sternum

    Word

    the bone in the center of the chest

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  • anise

    Word

    a plant grown for its seeds, which are used for flavoring

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • douse

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    to pour a liquid over something, especially to put out a fire

  • reconstructive

    Word

    used for repairing or rebuilding body parts after injury or illness

  • vertex

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    the highest point of something

  • inadequacy

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    the feeling that you are not good enough or not able to do something well

  • dislocation

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    the act of moving something out of its normal position

  • twittering

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    the soft, repeated sound birds make

  • reassemble

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    to put something back together after it has been taken apart

  • snot

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    thick mucus from the nose

  • indentation

    Word

    a blank space at the start of a line of text

  • captor

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    a person who has captured and is holding someone prisoner

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  • transcendental

    Word

    relating to ideas or experiences beyond ordinary human understanding

  • paralyze

    Word

    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • contaminate

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

  • viscosity

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    the thickness of a liquid and how easily it flows

  • untrained

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    not trained or not given the skills needed for something

  • embed

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    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • concentric

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    having circles or rings with the same center

  • plummet

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    to fall or drop very quickly and suddenly

  • cranial

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    relating to the skull

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • delirious

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    feeling confused and unable to think clearly, often because of illness, fever, or extreme tiredness

  • swab

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

  • fennel

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    a plant with feathery leaves and yellow flowers, used in cooking

  • ani

    Word

    a collection of various materials that are used to make a sculpture or artwork

  • concur

    Word

    to agree with someone or with a statement

  • gash

    Word

    a long, deep cut or wound

  • absurdity

    Word

    the quality of being ridiculous or wildly unreasonable

  • femur

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    the long bone in the upper part of the leg

  • punishable

    Word

    described by law as deserving punishment

  • evener

    Word

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

  • relapse

    Word

    a return of a disease or bad habit after a period of improvement

  • combatant

    Word

    a person who fights in a war or battle

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • assailant

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    a person who attacks someone physically

  • inflammatory

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    likely to make people angry or cause trouble

  • phosphorus

    Word

    a chemical element used by living things and in fertilizers and matches

  • neutralize

    Word

    to make a substance or effect harmless or inactive

  • loaning

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    the act of lending something to someone

  • clot

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    a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

  • remodel

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    to change the structure or style of a room or building

  • inched

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    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • paranoia

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    a strong fear or suspicion that other people are trying to harm you, often without a good reason

  • rosy

    Word

    pink or red in color

  • confine

    Word

    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • breaded

    Word

    covered with breadcrumbs or a similar coating before cooking

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • outspoken

    Word

    expressing opinions very openly, especially in a way that may be critical

  • indicative

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    showing that something is likely true or real

  • anthropologist

    Word

    a person who studies human societies, cultures, and how they change over time

  • chute

    Word

    a sloping tube or slide that things move down

  • far out

    Phrase

    very unusual, unconventional, or extreme

  • commonplace

    Word

    not unusual; ordinary or very common

  • severity

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    the degree to which something is serious, severe, or intense

  • fiddle

    Word

    a violin, especially one used in folk music

  • vested

    Word

    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • bring it

    Phrase

    to do your best and put a lot of energy into something

  • wrap around

    Phrase

    to move text automatically onto the next line when it reaches the end of a line

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • shrapnel

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    small pieces of metal or other material thrown out by an explosion

  • impacted

    Word

    strongly affected by something, especially a problem or change

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • bilateral

    Word

    involving or affecting two sides, especially two countries or groups

  • hunch

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    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • healer

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    a person who helps sick people get better, especially outside regular medicine

  • inflict

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    to cause someone to suffer something unpleasant or painful

  • fling

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    to throw something with a lot of force

  • swear to God

    Phrase

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

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • abduction

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

  • tread

    Word

    to step or walk in a careful, heavy, or deliberate way

  • hit with

    Phrase

    to tell someone something surprising or unpleasant, especially suddenly

  • be onto

    Phrase

    to realize that someone is investigating you or has discovered something about you

  • snowball's chance

    Phrase

    almost no chance of success

  • government issue

    Phrase

    clothing or equipment supplied by the government, especially for the military

  • lead in

    Phrase

    to give the musical cue that lets someone start singing or playing

  • duty calls

    Phrase

    a polite way of saying that you have to leave because you must deal with something else

  • pooling

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    the act of combining money, resources, or efforts for a shared purpose

  • anticipate

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    to expect something or think it will happen

  • anus

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    the opening at the end of the body where solid waste leaves

  • crunch

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    to crush or bite something so it makes a loud, dry sound

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • bleach

    Word

    to make something white or lighter using a chemical process

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • do the work

    Phrase

    to do the difficult or necessary work needed to make a change or solve a problem

  • magnum

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    a large bottle of wine or champagne that holds 1.5 liters

  • sugared

    Word

    coated or mixed with sugar

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