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Criminal Minds S12E17: English vocabulary

Season 12, Episode 17CrimeDramaMystery

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  • sleepwalking

    Word

    to walk or do other actions while asleep

  • horrify

    Word

    to make someone feel very shocked, frightened, or disgusted

  • tamp

    Word

    to press something down firmly so it becomes tightly packed

  • abhorrent

    Word

    causing strong disgust or moral dislike

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • sleepwalker

    Word

    a person who walks around while asleep

  • docket

    Word

    a list of cases or matters to be dealt with in court

  • precondition

    Word

    something that must happen or be done before something else can begin

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • solicitation

    Word

    the act of asking people for money, help, or business

  • chink

    Word

    a narrow opening or crack

  • poach

    Word

    to cook food, especially an egg, in hot water without the shell

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  • molest

    Word

    to harass or bother someone persistently

  • retrace

    Word

    to go back over the same route or path

  • poacher

    Word

    a person who illegally hunts or catches wild animals

  • terrorize

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear and distress

  • daze

    Word

    a state of being confused, stunned, or unable to think clearly

  • rifling

    Word

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

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • stoker

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    a person who tends a furnace on a steamship or steam locomotive

  • psychosis

    Word

    a serious mental illness that can cause a person to lose touch with reality

  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • bolting

    Word

    running away suddenly and quickly

  • vigilant

    Word

    watching carefully for danger or problems

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  • sophistication

    Word

    the quality of being cultured, stylish, and knowledgeable

  • evener

    Word

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

  • trey

    Word

    a shot in basketball that is worth three points

  • revere

    Word

    to feel deep respect and admiration for someone or something

  • weir

    Word

    a low dam built across a river to raise the water level or control the flow

  • factoring

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

  • fruity

    Word

    having a taste or smell like fruit

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • trooper

    Word

    a soldier in the cavalry or another military unit

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • spatial

    Word

    relating to space and the position of things in it

  • brothel

    Word

    a place where people pay for sex

  • your boy

    Phrase

    I, me, or myself; used humorously or informally, especially by a male speaker

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • animal rights

    Phrase

    the belief that animals should have legal rights and be protected from suffering

  • sexual favor

    Phrase

    a sexual act or service, especially one given in exchange for money, a favor, or another benefit

  • drive back

    Phrase

    to force an enemy or crowd to move back

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

    Word

    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • mos

    Word

    a member of a Muslim people inhabiting the southern Philippines and Borneo and some islands in the southwestern Pacific

  • uterus

    Word

    the organ in a woman's body where a baby grows before birth

  • jackass

    Word

    a male donkey

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • dread

    Word

    to feel worried or afraid about something that may happen

  • subconscious

    Word

    happening in the mind without you being aware of it

  • deep cover

    Phrase

    a fielding position in cricket near the boundary on the off side

  • profiling

    Word

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

  • compile

    Word

    to make a list, report, or book by gathering information from different sources

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • hit pause

    Phrase

    to stop an activity for a short time

  • tough case

    Phrase

    an informal way to describe a person who is hard to deal with or understand

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • prostitution

    Word

    the practice of having sex with people in exchange for money

  • infirmary

    Word

    a room or area in a school, hospital, or other large place where sick people can get basic medical care

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • on edge

    Phrase

    nervous and unable to relax

  • here's the thing

    Phrase

    used to introduce the main point or important detail of what you are saying

  • nightly

    Word

    happening or done every night

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • bungalow

    Word

    a small house, usually with only one floor

  • diplomacy

    Word

    skill in dealing with people in a careful and tactful way

  • caliber

    Word

    the quality or level of someone's skill, ability, or character

  • police department

    Phrase

    the local office that handles police work in a town or city

  • on the case

    Phrase

    actively dealing with something or working on it

  • walk away with

    Phrase

    to win something easily or by a large margin

  • leasing

    Word

    the act of renting something, especially a car or equipment, for a period of time

  • fearless

    Word

    not afraid; brave and willing to take risks

  • sideways

    Word

    toward or to the side

  • snap out of

    Phrase

    to stop feeling upset, confused, or distracted and become calm again

  • home invasion

    Phrase

    a burglary in which someone breaks into a house while people are inside

  • feed off

    Phrase

    to get energy, excitement, or motivation from something or someone

  • furry

    Word

    covered with fur or looking like fur

  • deem

    Word

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • cheetah

    Word

    a large wild cat with a slim body and spots, known for running very fast

  • mess around

    Phrase

    to spend time doing silly or unimportant things

  • count towards

    Phrase

    to be included as part of a requirement, total, or score

  • fugitive

    Word

    a person who is running away or hiding, especially from the police or from danger

  • split up

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship

  • prostitute

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • injure

    Word

    to hurt someone’s body, especially in an accident or during sport

  • storming

    Word

    moving forward quickly and forcefully

  • pajamas

    Word

    clothes you wear for sleeping

  • cot

    Word

    a small bed with high sides for a baby or young child

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • forensic

    Word

    relating to the scientific study used in solving crimes

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • autopsy

    Word

    a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

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