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NCIS S3E9: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 9CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • verbalize

    to express something in words

  • instrumentally

    in a way that helps achieve a goal or result

  • splotch

    a large, irregular spot or stain

  • overlaying

    covering one thing with a layer of something else

  • petulant

    bad-tempered and easily annoyed, often in a childish way

  • remiss

    not careful enough about something you should do

  • objectify

    to treat a person as if they were only a body or a thing, not a full human being

  • chippy

    easily annoyed or irritated

  • dilettante

    a person who takes an interest in something, especially art, without serious knowledge or commitment

  • beguile

    to charm or attract someone, sometimes in a deceptive way

  • biter

    a person or animal that bites often or habitually

  • musculature

    the muscles in a body or in one part of a body

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  • tush

    buttocks

  • unseemly

    not polite or proper in a way that may offend people

  • lactate

    to produce milk

  • crucify

    to kill someone by nailing or tying them to a cross

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • bough

    a large main branch of a tree

  • disembodied

    seeming to exist without a body, especially as a voice or presence

  • douse

    to pour a liquid over something, especially to put out a fire

  • urea

    a chemical compound found in urine and used in fertilizers and industry

  • chipper

    cheerful and lively

  • forthright

    direct and honest, even when the truth may be uncomfortable

  • shapely

    having an attractive, well-shaped body or figure

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