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The Blacklist S1E10: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 10DramaCrimeMystery

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  • horrify

    to make someone feel very shocked, frightened, or disgusted

  • waft

    to move or carry something gently through the air, or to move gently in the air

  • quip

    a short, witty remark

  • pleadings

    formal written statements submitted by each side in a lawsuit

  • captor

    a person who has captured and is holding someone prisoner

  • abundantly

    in large amounts; very plentifully

  • emissary

    a person sent to represent someone or carry out a special mission

  • centrally

    in a central place or way; from one central point

  • ballistics

    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • evener

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

  • blacklist

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

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  • necking

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • neutralize

    to make a substance or effect harmless or inactive

  • infiltrate

    to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

  • pendulum

    a weight that swings back and forth from a fixed point

  • abduct

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • when it's at home

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • shadowing

    the practice of learning a job by following and watching an experienced worker

  • tailing

    the act of following someone closely in order to watch them or spy on them

  • tripping

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • containment

    the act of keeping something dangerous, unwanted, or spreading under control

  • gassing

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • kill me

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

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