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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S19E20: English vocabulary

Season 19, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • inconsolable

    Word

    too upset or sad to be comforted

  • chafe

    Word

    to rub and irritate the skin

  • foretell

    Word

    to say or show that something will happen in the future

  • zealot

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    a person who is extremely and often unreasonably devoted to a belief or cause

  • worser

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    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • cataclysm

    Word

    a sudden, violent disaster that causes great damage or change

  • indoctrination

    Word

    the process of teaching someone to accept beliefs or ideas without questioning them

  • brimstone

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    an old word for sulfur

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • ruffle

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    to make something untidy or messy

  • scrawny

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    unattractively thin, with little flesh on the body

  • antagonize

    Word

    to make someone angry or hostile toward you

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  • parka

    Word

    a warm jacket with a hood, worn in cold weather

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • fining

    Word

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • megaphone

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    a device that makes your voice louder and carries it farther

  • canvass

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

  • demented

    Word

    very strange, wild, or out of control, often in a way that seems mentally unwell

  • railroading

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

  • abrasion

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    the wearing away of a surface by rubbing or scraping

  • heinous

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    extremely evil and shocking

  • patriarchal

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    relating to a society, family, or system controlled by men

  • ballistics

    Word

    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • swab

    Word

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

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  • incest

    Word

    sexual relations between people who are closely related

  • talkative

    Word

    talking a lot

  • pelvic

    Word

    relating to the pelvis or the area around it

  • jacketed

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    covered with a protective outer layer

  • evener

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

  • alienation

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    the feeling of being separated from other people or from a group you should belong to

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • sneaker

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    a soft shoe with a rubber sole, worn for sports or casual use

  • filtration

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    the process of removing unwanted substances from a liquid or gas by passing it through a filter

  • discouraging

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    making someone feel less hopeful or confident

  • righteousness

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    the quality of being morally right and fair

  • dismay

    Word

    to make someone feel shocked, upset, or disappointed

  • psalm

    Word

    a sacred song or poem, especially one from the Bible

  • broken in

    Phrase

    used to describe an animal that has been trained to be calm and easy to handle

  • hypocrite

    Word

    a person who says they believe or support something but acts differently

  • abide

    Word

    to accept and obey a rule, decision, or law

  • liberate

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    to free someone from prison, slavery, or control

  • analytical

    Word

    using careful analysis and logical thinking

  • semen

    Word

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

  • sanded

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    smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

  • sizing

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    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • hale

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    healthy and strong, especially for an older person

  • skirting

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    a board or strip fixed along the bottom of a wall

  • milling

    Word

    the process of grinding grain into flour or other small particles

  • home in

    Phrase

    to move closer to a target or goal and focus on it

  • head on

    Phrase

    directly, without turning or avoiding anything

  • fives

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

  • ride with

    Phrase

    to spend time with someone or be part of their group

  • ride on

    Phrase

    to attack someone in a drive-by shooting

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • provoke

    Word

    to cause a strong reaction or feeling, especially anger, fear, or excitement

  • profiling

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

  • move in on

    Phrase

    to start taking control of something that belongs to someone else

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • saliva

    Word

    the liquid in your mouth that helps you chew and swallow food

  • apocalypse

    Word

    a complete and terrible destruction, especially one that is thought of as the end of the world

  • hit with

    Phrase

    to tell someone something surprising or unpleasant, especially suddenly

  • investigative

    Word

    used for investigating or intended to investigate

  • scripture

    Word

    the holy writings of a religion

  • geology

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    the study of rocks, the earth, and how it changes over time

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • sounder

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    a group of wild boars

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • recite

    Word

    say a poem, speech, or passage aloud from memory

  • to God

    Phrase

    used in expressions like “I hope to God” to show a very strong wish or hope

  • flip out

    Phrase

    to react in a sudden, very upset, angry, or excited way

  • sit through

    Phrase

    to stay through something unpleasant until it ends

  • rain down

    Phrase

    to fall or come down in large amounts

  • medical history

    Phrase

    a record of a person's past illnesses and treatment

  • competent

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    having enough skill or knowledge to do something well

  • cam

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

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • surplus

    Word

    an amount that is left over after what is needed has been used

  • missing person

    Phrase

    a person whose whereabouts are unknown

  • reality show

    Phrase

    a TV program that shows real people in unscripted situations

  • built up

    Phrase

    closely packed with buildings or houses

  • carry on

    Phrase

    to take a bag or other item onto an airplane with you instead of checking it

  • tied up

    Phrase

    busy and not available

  • reason with

    Phrase

    to try to persuade someone to do or accept something by using reason

  • hold down

    Phrase

    to keep a job or manage to do something difficult for a period of time

  • commuter

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    a person who travels regularly between home and work

  • felony

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

  • detain

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    to keep someone in official custody, usually for questioning

  • uphold

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    to support and keep something going, especially a belief, rule, or principle

  • radiator

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    a metal device that heats a room by carrying hot water or steam

  • framing

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    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • biblical

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    relating to the Bible

  • righteous

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    morally good and fair; doing what is right

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • outing

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    a short trip taken for fun or to do something enjoyable

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • line up

    Phrase

    a list of people or things arranged in a line

  • classify

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    to put people or things into groups based on shared qualities

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • flourish

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    to grow or develop very well

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

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