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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S19E6: English vocabulary

Season 19, Episode 6CrimeDramaMystery

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  • medicate

    Word

    to give someone medicine, or to treat a condition with medicine

  • venal

    Word

    willing to take bribes or act dishonestly for money

  • relapsing

    Word

    happening again after a period of improvement

  • ods

    Word

    a hypothetical force formerly thought to be responsible for many natural phenomena, such as magnetism, light, and hypnotism.

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • barnyard

    Word

    the area next to a barn where farm animals are kept

  • inadmissible

    Word

    not allowed or not acceptable, especially in a legal or official situation

  • preventable

    Word

    able to be avoided or stopped from happening

  • impregnate

    Word

    to make a woman or female animal pregnant

  • enterprising

    Word

    showing initiative and good ideas, especially in business or work

  • welcomer

    Word

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

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  • delinquency

    Word

    the state of not obeying the law or of behaving badly, especially by young people

  • tomboy

    Word

    a girl who likes rough, active, or traditionally boyish activities

  • devastate

    Word

    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

  • duress

    Word

    pressure or threats that force someone to do something

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • infield

    Word

    the part of a baseball field between the bases and the outfield

  • undue

    Word

    too much, too strong, or not justified

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • extort

    Word

    to get money, information, or something else by threats or force

  • abler

    Word

    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

  • outfield

    Word

    the part of a baseball field beyond the infield

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  • bolting

    Word

    running away suddenly and quickly

  • swoop

    Word

    to move quickly down through the air

  • allege

    Word

    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • subpoena

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    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

  • waive

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    to give up a right, claim, or rule requirement

  • toil

    Word

    hard work, especially work that is tiring and takes a lot of time

  • paternity

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    the fact of being a father

  • haystack

    Word

    a pile of hay

  • evener

    Word

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

  • snort

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    to make a sudden, noisy sound through the nose

  • relapse

    Word

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

  • cuddle

    Word

    to hold someone or something close in your arms in a loving way

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

  • confide

    Word

    to tell someone private information or feelings in confidence

  • expectancy

    Word

    a feeling that something good will happen

  • bipolar

    Word

    having two opposite parts, sides, or poles

  • voided

    Word

    made invalid or no longer legally effective

  • prescribe

    Word

    to officially tell someone to take a medicine or treatment

  • waiver

    Word

    an official statement that you will not use a right or claim

  • Hell no

    Phrase

    an emphatic, rude way of saying no

  • statutory

    Word

    required or allowed by law

  • heartbreaking

    Word

    causing very deep sadness or pain

  • congratulation

    Word

    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • law review

    Phrase

    a journal about law, usually published by a law school

  • the good doctor

    Phrase

    a respectful way to refer to a doctor

  • morgue

    Word

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

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • quadruple

    Word

    to make something four times as large or as much

  • go outside

    Phrase

    a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • counterfeit

    Word

    to make an illegal copy of something in order to trick people

  • laced

    Word

    fastened with laces

  • civil suit

    Phrase

    a lawsuit in a civil court

  • flagging

    Word

    becoming weaker or less active

  • land with

    Phrase

    to give someone extra work or a difficult task to deal with

  • toasting

    Word

    the act of drinking a drink in honor of someone or something

  • public policy

    Phrase

    government actions and plans that deal with a particular issue

  • fives

    Word

    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • stacking

    Word

    the act of putting things into a pile or piles

  • off the wagon

    Phrase

    to start doing a bad habit again after trying to stop, especially drinking alcohol

  • veterinarian

    Word

    a trained doctor who treats animals

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • rapped

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    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • burgundy

    Word

    a dark red wine from the Burgundy region of France, or a similar wine

  • stamping

    Word

    the act of making a mark or design by pressing a stamp onto something

  • footing

    Word

    a secure place for your feet when standing or climbing

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • tread

    Word

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

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • confide in

    Phrase

    to tell someone private thoughts or feelings in confidence

  • oatmeal

    Word

    ground oats used for making breakfast food

  • knock on wood

    Phrase

    used to wish for good luck or to avoid bad luck after saying something hopeful

  • success story

    Phrase

    a person or thing that has become very successful and is often used as an example

  • collect dust

    Phrase

    to remain unused for a long time

  • over the hump

    Phrase

    past the hardest part of something

  • plaintiff

    Word

    the person who starts a lawsuit against someone else

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • fetus

    Word

    an unborn baby in the later stages of development

  • bogus

    Word

    not real, true, or honest; fake

  • drug addict

    Phrase

    a person who is addicted to drugs

  • no place

    Phrase

    used to say that something does not belong in a place or situation

  • hands down

    Phrase

    by a large margin; easily and clearly

  • slip out

    Phrase

    to leave a place quietly so no one notices

  • insurance fraud

    Phrase

    the crime of lying to an insurance company to get money

  • white flag

    Phrase

    a sign that someone is giving up or asking for a pause in fighting

  • paternity test

    Phrase

    a test that shows who the biological father of a child is

  • social work

    Phrase

    work that helps people who are poor, sick, old, or in need

  • sell down

    Phrase

    to be sold little by little until none is left

  • start into

    Phrase

    to begin eating eagerly

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

  • fingerprint

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    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • cam

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    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

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