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The Blacklist S8E1: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 1DramaCrimeMystery

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  • utterer

    Word

    a person who says or speaks something

  • convalesce

    Word

    to recover gradually after an illness or medical treatment

  • fritter

    Word

    a small cake made by frying batter, sometimes with fruit or other ingredients

  • ventilate

    Word

    to let fresh air into a room or building

  • oligarch

    Word

    a very rich person who has a lot of political power or influence

  • chipper

    Word

    cheerful and lively

  • livid

    Word

    very angry

  • kudos

    Word

    praise or approval for something good someone has done

  • domineering

    Word

    trying to control other people in an unpleasant way

  • turncoat

    Word

    a person who changes sides and joins the enemy or an opposing group

  • outflank

    Word

    to move around the side of an enemy or obstacle to gain an advantage

  • scrawny

    Word

    unattractively thin, with little flesh on the body

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  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • tutelage

    Word

    the guidance and teaching of a more experienced person

  • scorching

    Word

    extremely hot

  • conn

    Word

    to steer or direct a ship or aircraft

  • gloom

    Word

    darkness or a dark, gloomy atmosphere

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • deceitful

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    dishonest and likely to trick people

  • dossier

    Word

    a file or set of documents with detailed information about a person, case, or subject

  • expedite

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    to make a process or task happen faster

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • loyalist

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    a person who stays loyal to a ruler, government, or cause

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  • withhold

    Word

    to deliberately not give something that someone expects or has a right to receive

  • blacklist

    Word

    a list of people or things that are not allowed or are treated with suspicion

  • tremor

    Word

    a slight shaking movement

  • respiration

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    the process of breathing

  • cheeky

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    slightly rude or disrespectful in a playful, likeable way

  • elusive

    Word

    difficult to find, catch, understand, or remember

  • hospice

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    a place that gives care to people who are very ill, especially near the end of life

  • brown bomber

    Phrase

    a parking officer who gives tickets for illegal parking

  • manipulative

    Word

    trying to control or influence people in a dishonest way for your own benefit

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • with young

    Phrase

    pregnant, used about a female animal

  • hang in the balance

    Phrase

    to be in a very uncertain or risky situation

  • elaborated

    Word

    to explain something in more detail

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • giggle

    Word

    to laugh quietly in a nervous, shy, or silly way

  • eddy

    Word

    a small area of water, air, or smoke that moves in a circle against the main flow

  • blackmailing

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    the act of demanding money or something else by threatening to reveal damaging information

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

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

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • meow

    Word

    the sound a cat makes

  • fancied

    Word

    imagined rather than real

  • rampage

    Word

    a period of violent, uncontrolled behavior

  • immortality

    Word

    the state of living forever or never dying

  • tonic

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    a drink or medicine that is meant to make you feel stronger or healthier

  • abduction

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    the act of taking someone away by force and keeping them somewhere against their will

  • dementia

    Word

    a serious illness that slowly damages the brain and causes problems with memory and thinking

  • filthy rich

    Phrase

    extremely rich, especially in a way that sounds informal or exaggerated

  • affirmative

    Word

    showing agreement or saying yes

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • break in

    Phrase

    to interrupt a conversation or discussion by speaking

  • safe house

    Phrase

    a place where someone can hide safely, especially from danger or the police

  • trojan

    Word

    a computer virus that hides inside another file or program

  • on edge

    Phrase

    nervous and unable to relax

  • scared to death

    Phrase

    very frightened

  • mean the world to

    Phrase

    to be very important or deeply meaningful to someone

  • rendezvous

    Word

    a meeting that has been arranged for a particular time and place

  • same exact

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that two things are exactly the same

  • dom

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    a title given to members of the clergy.

  • spied

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    to notice or see someone or something unexpectedly

  • run about

    Phrase

    to be very busy with lots of different tasks

  • ankle monitor

    Phrase

    a device worn around the ankle to track a person's location

  • mysteriously

    Word

    in a way that is hard to explain or understand

  • captivity

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    the state of being kept somewhere and not allowed to leave

  • go through with

    Phrase

    to do something difficult or unpleasant that you planned or agreed to do

  • contagious

    Word

    able to spread from one person, animal, or thing to another

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • shack

    Word

    a small, simple, roughly built house or shelter

  • bossed

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    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • reach out

    Phrase

    to contact someone, especially to offer help or start a conversation

  • bounty

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    a reward, especially one offered for catching someone or finding something

  • wrongly

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    in a mistaken or incorrect way

  • framing

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    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • sabotage

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    the deliberate damaging or blocking of something to stop it working or succeeding

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • in order

    Phrase

    ready, arranged, or working properly

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • fugitive

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    a person who is running away or hiding, especially from the police or from danger

  • hang in

    Phrase

    to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

  • step in

    Phrase

    to get involved in a situation to help, stop something, or take control

  • allegiance

    Word

    loyal support for a person, group, or cause

  • classify

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    to put people or things into groups based on shared qualities

  • get past

    Phrase

    to pass by someone or something without being noticed or stopped

  • bluff

    Word

    to pretend you have an advantage, skill, or plan in order to trick someone

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • refund

    Word

    to give money back to someone, especially after a return or complaint

  • imitate

    Word

    to copy the way someone speaks, moves, or behaves

  • operative

    Word

    working or in effect

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • ducking

    Word

    to lower your head or body quickly to avoid being hit or seen

  • lodging

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    a place where you can stay, especially for a short time

  • weave

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    to make cloth by crossing threads over and under each other

  • formidable

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    very impressive, powerful, or difficult to deal with

  • id

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    an official card or document that shows who someone is

  • nausea

    Word

    a feeling that you are going to vomit

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