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NCIS S16E12: English vocabulary

Season 16, Episode 12CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • clammy

    unpleasantly damp, cold, and sticky

  • foamy

    covered with foam or looking like foam

  • carouse

    to drink a lot of alcohol and enjoy yourself in a noisy, lively way

  • sniffle

    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • stomaching

    the present participle of stomach

  • bungle

    to do something badly or carelessly, so it fails or goes wrong

  • electrocute

    to kill someone or something with electricity

  • misplace

    to put something in the wrong place and then be unable to find it

  • ratting

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • scoff

    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • purr

    the low soft sound a cat makes when it is content

  • burly

    large, strong, and heavily built

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  • welcomer

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

  • tranquilizer

    a medicine that helps a person or animal relax or sleep

  • stammer

    to speak with pauses or repeated sounds because of difficulty controlling your speech

  • retrace

    to go back over the same route or path

  • conducive

    helping to make something happen or develop

  • thud

    to make a dull, heavy sound

  • milligram

    a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram

  • exhale

    to breathe air out of your lungs

  • upholstery

    the material used to cover and pad furniture

  • silencer

    a device on a gun that makes the shot quieter

  • evener

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

  • boning

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

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