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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S1E2: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 2CrimeDramaMystery

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  • stroker

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    a person or thing that strokes or rubs something

  • joyless

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    without joy; sad or dull

  • condescend

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    to act in a way that shows you think you are better than someone else

  • misinform

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    to give someone wrong or misleading information

  • blab

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    to talk too much in a boring or annoying way

  • cannoned

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    to hit or move into something with sudden force

  • fondle

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    to touch or stroke gently and affectionately

  • snotty

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    rude and unpleasant, especially in a smug or superior way

  • proclivity

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    a tendency to do or like something, often something bad or unusual

  • contusion

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    a bruise caused by a blow or fall

  • jockeying

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    competing hard for an advantage or position

  • ratting

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    the act of hunting or trapping rats

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  • overtone

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    a hidden or extra meaning, feeling, or quality

  • foxed

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    stained or discolored with brown spots, especially from age or dampness

  • oriole

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    a brightly colored bird with a pointed bill and a clear, musical song

  • lumbar

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    relating to the lower back

  • surmise

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    to guess that something is true without having proof

  • quagmire

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    a soft, wet area of ground that is difficult to walk on

  • molestation

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    the act of sexually abusing or harassing someone, especially a child

  • laceration

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    a deep cut or tear in the skin

  • promiscuous

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    having many casual sexual relationships

  • heaving

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    moving up and down in a strong, heavy way

  • molest

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    to harass or bother someone persistently

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

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  • exhilarate

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    to make someone feel very excited, happy, or full of energy

  • correctness

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    the quality of being correct or free from mistakes

  • repercussion

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    an effect or consequence, especially one that happens later and is not wanted

  • consensual

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    done with the agreement of everyone involved

  • abrasion

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    the wearing away of a surface by rubbing or scraping

  • heinous

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    extremely evil and shocking

  • riveting

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    very interesting and impossible to ignore

  • pompous

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    too proud and serious in a way that annoys other people

  • copped

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

  • sear

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    to burn the surface of something quickly with very high heat

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • sift

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    to pass dry ingredients through a sieve to remove lumps or coarse bits

  • deranged

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    mentally ill or behaving in a wild, uncontrolled way

  • allege

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    to say that something is true, especially without proving it

  • faxed

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    to send something by fax

  • pitying

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    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • relish

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    to enjoy something very much

  • hearsay

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    information that you heard from other people, not from direct knowledge or proof

  • memorabilia

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    objects kept because they remind people of a person, event, or time in the past

  • seductive

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    very attractive in a way that is hard to resist

  • heave

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    to lift or move something heavy with a lot of effort

  • technicals

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    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

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

  • munch

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    to eat something in a noisy or casual way

  • mouthpiece

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    the part of a musical instrument that you blow into

  • bubbly

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    full of bubbles; fizzy

  • retainer

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    a fee paid in advance to keep someone's services available

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • confide

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    to tell someone private information or feelings in confidence

  • nodding

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    slightly moving the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment

  • psychics

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    people who claim they can sense hidden things or predict the future

  • ledger

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    a book or system for recording financial accounts

  • stroking

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    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • carding

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    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • possessive

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    relating to a noun or pronoun form that shows possession or belonging

  • orgasm

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    the moment when sexual pleasure reaches its strongest point

  • compel

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    to force someone to do something, or make them feel they must do it

  • jerking

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    making quick, sharp movements

  • oblivion

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    the state of being forgotten or no longer remembered

  • coronary

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    relating to the blood vessels that supply the heart

  • warranty

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    a written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a set time

  • compulsive

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    done because of a strong, hard-to-control urge

  • virginity

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    the state of never having had sex

  • disapprove

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    to have or show a bad opinion of something

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • genital

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    relating to the external sex organs

  • outburst

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    a sudden strong expression of emotion, especially anger

  • keyed

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    locked with a key

  • shadowing

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    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • morgue

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

  • commotion

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    a noisy, confused disturbance

  • ribbed

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    having raised ridges or lines

  • tripping

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    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • even as

    Phrase

    at the same time that something else is happening

  • internal affairs

    Phrase

    a police department that investigates complaints against officers

  • cosmopolitan

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    comfortable with many different cultures and countries

  • sizing

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

  • trust fund

    Phrase

    money that is legally held and managed for someone else

  • pyramid scheme

    Phrase

    a dishonest investment plan that uses money from new investors to pay earlier investors

  • psychiatry

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    the branch of medicine that deals with mental illness and emotional disorders

  • enlighten

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    to help someone understand something better

  • home in

    Phrase

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

  • fives

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

  • discreet

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    careful about what you say or do, especially to keep something private

  • intensely

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    in a very strong, forceful, or focused way

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

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    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • quarreling

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    arguing or fighting angrily

  • complicate

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    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • in hiding

    Phrase

    in a place where you are hidden and unlikely to be found

  • rapped

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    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • erection

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    the act of building or putting something up

  • dread

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    to feel worried or afraid about something that may happen

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • child labor

    Phrase

    the use of children in work that is harmful or exploitative

  • superficial

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    not deep or detailed enough

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