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The Blacklist S1E17: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 17DramaCrimeMystery

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  • bloodhound

    a large dog with a very strong sense of smell, used for tracking people or animals

  • triangulate

    to find the position of something by using measurements from known points

  • dastardly

    evil and cruel, especially in a sneaky way

  • bantam

    a very small chicken, especially a small rooster

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • kudos

    praise or approval for something good someone has done

  • looped

    twisted or bent into a loop or loops

  • thermostat

    a device that controls the temperature in a room or building

  • liquidate

    to sell property or assets in order to pay debts or close a business

  • ransack

    to search a place or container quickly and in a messy way

  • strangulation

    the act of choking someone by pressing on the throat or neck

  • aggravate

    make a problem, injury, or situation worse

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  • rayon

    a man-made fiber used in making cloth, often smooth and shiny

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • swoop

    to move quickly down through the air

  • coy

    pretending to be shy or modest in a way that is meant to attract attention

  • stalked

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • evener

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

  • penciled

    written or marked lightly with a pencil

  • culmination

    the final and most important stage or point of something

  • carding

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • weeding

    the act of removing weeds from a garden or other area

  • vigil

    a period of staying awake, especially to watch, pray, or wait for news

  • keyed

    locked with a key

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