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Castle S5E15: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 15DramaCrime

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  • underrate

    Word

    to think that someone or something is less important or less good than they really are

  • fiendish

    Word

    very cruel, evil, or unpleasant

  • torsion

    Word

    the act or process of twisting something

  • octane

    Word

    a measure of how well a fuel resists knocking in an engine

  • spatter

    Word

    to scatter small drops or particles over a surface

  • bloomer

    Word

    a person or thing that blooms, especially a plant that produces flowers

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • canvass

    Word

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

  • captor

    Word

    a person who has captured and is holding someone prisoner

  • devastate

    Word

    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

  • foreclosure

    Word

    the legal process of taking a home or other property because the owner has not paid the mortgage

  • catalytic

    Word

    relating to a catalyst or to catalysis

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  • inexplicable

    Word

    impossible to explain

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • felon

    Word

    a person who has been convicted of a serious crime

  • stoker

    Word

    a person who tends a furnace on a steamship or steam locomotive

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • middleman

    Word

    a person or company that helps two sides make a deal

  • blanketing

    Word

    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

  • honk

    Word

    to make a loud, harsh sound with a horn or voice

  • stalked

    Word

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • hairpin

    Word

    a small bent piece of metal used for holding hair in place

  • evener

    Word

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

  • narcotic

    Word

    a drug that affects the mind or body, especially one that is illegal or used for pain relief

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  • smuggler

    Word

    a person who moves goods illegally across a border

  • suffice

    Word

    to be enough for a need or purpose

  • logics

    Word

    the study of correct reasoning

  • contingency

    Word

    a possible future event or situation that may happen but is not certain

  • tweak

    Word

    to make small changes to something to improve it or make it work better

  • abduct

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    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • thwart

    Word

    to stop someone from doing or achieving something

  • cynical

    Word

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

  • stride

    Word

    walk with long, confident steps

  • quad

    Word

    a central open area surrounded by buildings, especially on a college campus

  • overhear

    Word

    to hear something spoken by someone else without meaning to or without being invited to listen

  • adrenaline

    Word

    a hormone that your body releases when you are stressed or excited

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • foreign agent

    Phrase

    a person who secretly works for a foreign government

  • kidnapper

    Word

    a person who kidnaps someone

  • dig on

    Phrase

    to be attracted to someone

  • commando

    Word

    a soldier in a specially trained military unit that carries out raids and other dangerous missions

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • hide in plain sight

    Phrase

    to be hard to notice even though it is visible

  • converter

    Word

    a device that changes one form of electricity or signal into another

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • in deep

    Phrase

    deeply involved in a difficult or troublesome situation

  • hunch

    Word

    a feeling or guess based on intuition, not facts

  • rout

    Word

    a complete defeat in which one side is forced to run away in disorder

  • man on

    Phrase

    a shout warning that an opponent is coming up behind you

  • deep cover

    Phrase

    a fielding position in cricket near the boundary on the off side

  • contingency plan

    Phrase

    a plan you can use if the main plan does not work or something goes wrong

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • abduction

    Word

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

  • back to square one

    Phrase

    to start again from the beginning after a failure or setback

  • irrational

    Word

    not based on clear thought or good judgment

  • crunch

    Word

    to crush or bite something so it makes a loud, dry sound

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • wrench

    Word

    a tool used for gripping and turning nuts, bolts, or pipes

  • add up

    Phrase

    to seem reasonable or consistent

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • put out

    Phrase

    to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

  • top to bottom

    Phrase

    completely, from one end to the other

  • astronomer

    Word

    a scientist who studies stars, planets, and space

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • iceberg

    Word

    a large piece of ice floating in the sea, broken off from a glacier or ice sheet

  • hands up

    Phrase

    a shouted command telling people to raise their hands, especially in surrender or when being searched

  • motivate

    Word

    to give someone a reason or desire to do something

  • spied

    Word

    to notice or see someone or something unexpectedly

  • foremost

    Word

    most important, famous, or powerful

  • on earth

    Phrase

    used in questions to express surprise, emphasis, or strong curiosity

  • sit by

    Phrase

    to stand by and do nothing while something bad or important is happening

  • sit through

    Phrase

    to stay through something unpleasant until it ends

  • marine biology

    Phrase

    the study of sea animals and plants

  • leasing

    Word

    the act of renting something, especially a car or equipment, for a period of time

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

  • fingerprint

    Word

    the pattern of lines on the tip of a finger, used to identify a person

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • farmhouse

    Word

    a house on a farm, usually where the farmer's family lives

  • looping

    Word

    the repeated playing of a video, song, or other media

  • sideways

    Word

    toward or to the side

  • tied up

    Phrase

    busy and not available

  • major in

    Phrase

    to study a subject as your main subject at college or university

  • zoom in on

    Phrase

    to focus closely on a particular subject, detail, or image

  • draw into

    Phrase

    to arrive at a place, especially a station, in a vehicle

  • perceive

    Word

    to notice or understand something, especially by using your senses

  • riches

    Word

    a large amount of money, property, or valuable things

  • optimism

    Word

    hope and confidence that things will turn out well

  • pick it up

    Phrase

    to speak or act more quickly

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • live for

    Phrase

    to care about something so much that it gives you energy or purpose

  • zoned

    Word

    restricted by zoning rules to a particular type of use or area

  • winding

    Word

    having many bends or turns

  • split up

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship

  • originate

    Word

    to begin to exist or happen; come from a place, time, or idea

  • reconnaissance

    Word

    the gathering of information about an enemy or a place, especially by soldiers or aircraft

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • stand in

    Phrase

    to do someone else's job or perform their role for a short time

  • overwhelm

    Word

    to affect someone so strongly that they cannot think clearly or deal with things well

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • track down

    Phrase

    to find someone or something after searching for them

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