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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S1E20: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • itemize

    to list or describe things separately, one by one

  • puritanical

    having very strict moral or religious views, especially about sex or pleasure

  • missive

    a letter, especially an official or formal one

  • insipid

    lacking flavor; bland

  • amateurish

    done in a clumsy, unskilled way

  • lozenge

    a small tablet you let dissolve in your mouth, often for a sore throat

  • hellish

    extremely unpleasant, difficult, or severe

  • inadmissible

    not allowed or not acceptable, especially in a legal or official situation

  • twit

    a foolish or annoying person

  • constitutionality

    the question of whether a law or action follows a constitution

  • shoplifting

    to steal goods from a store

  • insinuate

    to suggest something bad in a sly or indirect way

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  • impartiality

    the quality of being fair and not biased

  • doubly

    to a greater degree; in two ways or for two reasons

  • favoritism

    unfair treatment that gives one person or group an advantage over others

  • arcane

    known or understood by only a few people; obscure

  • quash

    to officially cancel or reject a legal decision or order

  • decorum

    proper and polite behavior in a formal situation

  • fining

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • whimper

    to make quiet, weak sounds because you are scared, hurt, or upset

  • detonator

    a device used to set off an explosive charge

  • thumbed

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • canvass

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

  • flaky

    breaking into small thin pieces or layers

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