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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S6E7: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 7CrimeDramaMystery

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  • stubbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of stub

  • embezzle

    Word

    to steal money that you were trusted to manage

  • roomful

    Word

    the number of people or things that fill a room

  • tormenting

    Word

    causing someone to feel great pain or suffering

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • acquit

    Word

    to say officially that someone is not guilty of a crime

  • repulse

    Word

    to force an attacking enemy to move back

  • depravity

    Word

    extreme moral wickedness or corruption

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • molest

    Word

    to harass or bother someone persistently

  • hungered

    Word

    to feel very hungry

  • sicken

    Word

    to make someone feel sick or disgusted

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  • persecute

    Word

    to treat someone cruelly or unfairly, especially because of their beliefs or identity

  • afflict

    Word

    to cause pain or suffering to someone or something

  • prying

    Word

    too interested in other people's private matters

  • heinous

    Word

    extremely evil and shocking

  • pentecostal

    Word

    relating to a Christian group that emphasizes the Holy Spirit and lively worship

  • repulsive

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    causing strong disgust or dislike

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • gullible

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    too willing to believe what other people say; easily fooled

  • incest

    Word

    sexual relations between people who are closely related

  • slighting

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    showing disrespect or contempt

  • christen

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    to give someone a Christian name in a baptism ceremony

  • instill

    Word

    to teach someone a belief, feeling, or habit gradually

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  • tabernacle

    Word

    a small religious building or room used for worship

  • pry

    Word

    to ask questions about someone’s private life in a way that is annoying or rude

  • munch

    Word

    to eat something in a noisy or casual way

  • forgery

    Word

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

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • secretive

    Word

    not willing to tell people things or share personal information

  • Hell no

    Phrase

    an emphatic, rude way of saying no

  • rightly

    Word

    in a way that is deserved or justified

  • statutory

    Word

    required or allowed by law

  • negotiator

    Word

    a person who helps people or groups reach an agreement

  • devour

    Word

    to eat something very quickly and eagerly

  • morgue

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

  • cynical

    Word

    believing that people are mostly selfish and cannot be trusted to be sincere

  • estimation

    Word

    a rough calculation or guess of the size, amount, or cost of something

  • get it in

    Phrase

    to have sex

  • sanded

    Word

    smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

  • forthcoming

    Word

    likely to happen soon or already planned

  • elaborated

    Word

    to explain something in more detail

  • hereby

    Word

    using these words or actions to make something official

  • counterfeit

    Word

    to make an illegal copy of something in order to trick people

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • trust fund

    Phrase

    money that is legally held and managed for someone else

  • hostage negotiator

    Phrase

    a person who negotiates with kidnappers to help free hostages

  • easy mark

    Phrase

    a person who is easy to trick or take advantage of

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • graced

    Word

    to honor an event or place by being present

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • rise up

    Phrase

    to rebel against authority or start a revolt

  • tracker

    Word

    a device or app that helps you find or follow the location of someone or something

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • slept on

    Phrase

    not appreciated enough; overlooked or undervalued

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • commend

    Word

    to praise someone or something, especially publicly

  • serpent

    Word

    a snake, especially one that is large or seen as dangerous

  • fall back

    Phrase

    move back to a safer place

  • rapped

    Word

    to hit a surface with short, quick knocks

  • sexual relations

    Phrase

    sexual activity between two people

  • chromosome

    Word

    a structure in a cell that carries genes and passes on genetic information

  • civil right

    Phrase

    a legal right that protects a person's freedom and equal treatment

  • contraction

    Word

    the process of becoming smaller or shorter, or of squeezing together

  • mainstream

    Word

    accepted by most people; not unusual or extreme

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • tempt

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    to make someone want to do something, especially something they know may not be good for them

  • apocalypse

    Word

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

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • obedience

    Word

    the act of doing what someone in authority tells you to do

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • something is up

    Phrase

    used to say that you think something strange, secret, or wrong is happening

  • exempt

    Word

    not required to do something or pay something that others must do or pay

  • indictment

    Word

    a formal charge that someone has committed a serious crime

  • top to bottom

    Phrase

    completely, from one end to the other

  • arming

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    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • bogus

    Word

    not real, true, or honest; fake

  • thy

    Word

    your; belonging to you

  • hype

    Word

    a lot of publicity or excitement about something, often more than it deserves

  • residue

    Word

    a small amount of something that is left after the rest has been removed or used

  • no place

    Phrase

    used to say that something does not belong in a place or situation

  • unborn

    Word

    not yet born

  • thou

    Word

    an old word for 'you' when speaking to one person

  • con man

    Phrase

    a person who tricks people in order to get money

  • fix on

    Phrase

    to focus your attention on something or decide to pursue it

  • hold it together

    Phrase

    to stay calm and keep going in a difficult situation

  • identity theft

    Phrase

    the crime of stealing someone's personal information and using it to commit fraud

  • walk away with

    Phrase

    to win something easily or by a large margin

  • firing range

    Phrase

    a place where people practice shooting at targets

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • manipulation

    Word

    the act of skillfully handling or controlling something

  • everlasting

    Word

    lasting forever; never ending

  • premature

    Word

    happening or done too early, before the right time

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • caught up

    Phrase

    involved in a situation, often without wanting to be

  • of age

    Phrase

    old enough to be legally an adult

  • foster care

    Phrase

    care for a child in another family, usually for a limited time

  • persecution

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    cruel treatment of people because of their race, religion, politics, or beliefs

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