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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S19E15: English vocabulary

Season 19, Episode 15CrimeDramaMystery

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  • nontoxic

    Word

    not harmful or poisonous

  • arraign

    Word

    to bring someone before a court to answer a criminal charge

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • forcible

    Word

    using force or violence

  • acquit

    Word

    to say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime

  • preponderance

    Word

    the fact that something is greater in number, amount, or importance

  • complainant

    Word

    a person who brings a formal complaint or legal case against someone

  • overrule

    Word

    to use your authority to change or reject a decision

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • absolve

    Word

    to officially say that someone is not guilty or responsible for something

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

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  • correctness

    Word

    the quality of being correct or free from mistakes

  • entitle

    Word

    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • railroading

    Word

    the act of forcing a decision, plan, or deal through quickly and unfairly

  • consensual

    Word

    done with the agreement of everyone involved

  • booted

    Word

    wearing boots

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • untrained

    Word

    not trained or not given the skills needed for something

  • respondent

    Word

    a person who answers questions in a survey, interview, or study

  • effortless

    Word

    done very easily, with little or no effort

  • copped

    Word

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

  • allege

    Word

    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • subpoena

    Word

    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

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  • vaginal

    Word

    relating to the vagina

  • behead

    Word

    to cut off someone's head, especially as a form of execution

  • evener

    Word

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

  • vacate

    Word

    to leave a place you have been using or living in

  • adjunct

    Word

    something added to another thing as an extra part, not an essential one

  • for chrissake

    Phrase

    an offensive exclamation used to show annoyance or frustration

  • yorker

    Word

    a ball bowled very close to the batsman's feet

  • outburst

    Word

    a sudden strong expression of emotion, especially anger

  • penetration

    Word

    the act of getting into something or going through it

  • shiver

    Word

    to shake slightly because you are cold, scared, or excited

  • semen

    Word

    the thick fluid that contains sperm and is released from the penis during ejaculation

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • full disclosure

    Phrase

    a statement that gives all the important facts, especially when something might affect your opinion

  • skirting

    Word

    a board or strip fixed along the bottom of a wall

  • reasonable doubt

    Phrase

    the level of doubt needed to avoid a guilty verdict

  • walk down

    Phrase

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

  • say uncle

    Phrase

    to admit defeat or give in

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • hook up with

    Phrase

    to start a casual romantic or sexual relationship with someone

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • prosecute

    Word

    to start legal action against someone, especially for a crime

  • disclosure

    Word

    the act of making secret or unknown information known

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • nervous wreck

    Phrase

    a person who is very nervous or stressed

  • sociology

    Word

    the study of human society and how people behave in groups

  • down the toilet

    Phrase

    in a ruined or hopeless state; badly failed

  • thanks for nothing

    Phrase

    an angry remark used to show that someone has not helped you at all

  • go down the toilet

    Phrase

    to fail badly or become worthless

  • irrational

    Word

    not based on clear thought or good judgment

  • affirmative

    Word

    showing agreement or saying yes

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • indictment

    Word

    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • grin

    Word

    to smile broadly, often because you are pleased or amused

  • police detective

    Phrase

    a police officer who investigates crimes

  • hover

    Word

    to stay in one place in the air

  • scared to death

    Phrase

    very frightened

  • my man

    Phrase

    a friendly way to address a man or show approval or excitement

  • fang

    Word

    a long, pointed tooth, especially in a meat-eating animal

  • follow up

    Phrase

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

  • dom

    Word

    a title given to members of the clergy.

  • credibility

    Word

    the quality of being trusted and believed

  • restrain

    Word

    to stop someone or something from moving or acting freely

  • nice try

    Phrase

    used to say that an attempt was not successful

  • vagina

    Word

    the tube inside the body that leads from the vulva to the cervix

  • consolation

    Word

    comfort and support that helps you feel less sad or upset

  • for nothing

    Phrase

    without paying anything

  • perpetrator

    Word

    a person who commits a harmful, illegal, or immoral act

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • grad student

    Phrase

    a student who is studying for a graduate degree

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • sit on

    Phrase

    to delay dealing with something

  • party on

    Phrase

    to keep partying or having fun

  • imperfect

    Word

    not perfect; having faults or flaws

  • flatter

    Word

    to praise someone too much, often to get something from them

  • felony

    Word

    a very serious crime, usually one that can be punished by prison

  • tribunal

    Word

    an official body that hears and decides legal cases

  • hook up

    Phrase

    to connect a device to a power source or another device

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • happen on

    Phrase

    to find something by chance

  • unanimous

    Word

    in complete agreement; with everyone voting the same way

  • curing

    Word

    the process of preserving food by salting, drying, or smoking

  • know of

    Phrase

    to know that a person or thing exists, but not know much about them

  • disclose

    Word

    to make secret or new information known

  • violate

    Word

    to break a rule, law, or agreement

  • say what

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying you didn’t hear or understand something, or that you’re surprised by it

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • inexperienced

    Word

    not having much experience or skill

  • wrecking

    Word

    the act of destroying something or causing serious damage

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • curl

    Word

    to form into curls or ringlets

  • transcript

    Word

    a written copy of spoken, recorded, or printed material

  • internally

    Word

    in your mind or feelings, rather than in a way that others can see

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