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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S5E23: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 23CrimeDramaMystery

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  • congeal

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    to become thicker or solid, especially as it gets cold

  • belay

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    to secure a rope to a fixed point so it can support a climber

  • exhume

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    to dig up something buried, especially a body

  • embalm

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    to preserve a dead body so it does not decay

  • exhumation

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    the act of digging up a buried body

  • fleeced

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    to cheat someone out of a lot of money

  • drapery

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    curtains or hanging cloth used as decoration

  • blare

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    to make a loud, harsh sound, or to make something do that

  • fraying

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    the process of becoming worn and starting to come apart at the edge

  • clotted

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    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • disinherit

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    to officially stop someone from getting any of your money or property after you die

  • indigent

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    very poor; lacking the money needed for basic needs

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  • statics

    Word

    the study of forces on structures that are not moving

  • deplete

    Word

    to use up or greatly reduce the amount of something

  • transposition

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    the act of changing the order or position of something

  • brownstone

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    a house or apartment building made from brown sandstone, especially in New York City

  • mummify

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    to preserve a dead body by treating it and wrapping it in cloth

  • carotid

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    either of the two main arteries that carry blood to the head and neck

  • webbing

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    strong woven tape or strap used for making bags, belts, and similar items

  • reenact

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    to perform or show something again, especially a past event

  • fining

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    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • authenticate

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    to prove that something is real, true, or genuine

  • reciprocate

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    to respond to a kind act, feeling, or gesture with one of your own

  • bequest

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    something left to someone in a will, especially money or property

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  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • exertion

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    physical or mental effort

  • strangulation

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    the act of choking someone by pressing on the throat or neck

  • clink

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    to make a light, sharp ringing sound

  • sanctity

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    the quality of being holy or sacred

  • heinous

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    extremely evil and shocking

  • circumstantial

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    based on the facts and details of a situation

  • rigor

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    careful, exact, and thorough work or study

  • cadaver

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    a dead human body

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • remission

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    a period when a disease gets better or is less active

  • fraternal

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    relating to brothers or like the relationship between brothers

  • expedite

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    to make a process or task happen faster

  • headstone

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    a stone marker placed at a grave

  • wail

    Word

    to cry out in a long, high, sad sound

  • temps

    Word

    short for a temporary worker

  • subpoena

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    an official order to appear in court or give evidence

  • remand

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    to send a case back to a lower court for further action

  • trot

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    to run or move with short, quick steps

  • stabling

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    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • 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

  • punctured

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    damaged by a sharp object that has made a hole in it

  • syringe

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    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • factoring

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    the practice of selling unpaid bills to get money before they are paid

  • beneficiary

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    a person or group that receives money, property, or other benefits

  • groan

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    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • forgery

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    the crime of making a fake copy of a document, signature, banknote, or work of art

  • loaning

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    the act of lending something to someone

  • 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

  • fleece

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    the woolly coat of a sheep or goat

  • clot

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    a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

  • fray

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    a fight or struggle, especially one involving many people

  • sweeten

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    to make something sweet or sweeter

  • confine

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    to keep someone or something within limits or in one place

  • inhibit

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    to make something less active, strong, or effective

  • keyed

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    locked with a key

  • sweeten the pot

    Phrase

    to offer extra money or another extra benefit to persuade someone to do something

  • strangle

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    to kill or try to kill by squeezing someone's throat or neck

  • wiggle

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    to move with small quick side-to-side or up-and-down motions

  • caretaker

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    a person who looks after a building or property

  • puncture

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    a small hole made by something sharp, especially in a tire

  • semen

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

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • conveniently

    Word

    in a way that is useful or fits a plan or situation well

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • buck for

    Phrase

    to try hard to get something, especially a job or promotion

  • plead out

    Phrase

    to agree to a plea bargain and plead guilty

  • home in

    Phrase

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

  • probable cause

    Phrase

    legal grounds that justify an arrest, search, or similar police action

  • fives

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

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • bounding

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    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • tabling

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    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • sob

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    to cry in a noisy way with short, broken breaths

  • caption

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    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • engraving

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    the process of cutting a design or words into a hard surface

  • rapped

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    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • trajectory

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    the path that something moving through the air or space follows

  • fancied

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    imagined rather than real

  • flight risk

    Phrase

    a person who is likely to run away before a trial or punishment

  • wrinkle

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    a small line or fold in skin, fabric, or paper

  • public record

    Phrase

    official information or documents that anyone can access

  • pleading

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    showing that someone is begging or asking for something in a strong, urgent way

  • alibi

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    proof that someone was somewhere else when a crime happened

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • footstep

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    the sound of someone walking, or one step in a walk

  • search warrant

    Phrase

    an official court order that allows police to search a place

  • house call

    Phrase

    a visit by a doctor to a patient at home

  • blood thinner

    Phrase

    a medicine that prevents blood from clotting too easily

  • compression

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    the process of making something smaller or tighter by pressing it together

  • add up

    Phrase

    to seem reasonable or consistent

  • fright

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    a sudden feeling of fear

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