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The Blacklist S1E18: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 18DramaCrimeMystery

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  • estrange

    Word

    to make people less close or friendly

  • pimento

    Word

    a small sweet pepper, often red, used in cooking or salads

  • mesmerize

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention completely

  • ghoulish

    Word

    strange and unpleasant in a way that suggests death, horror, or the supernatural

  • furtherance

    Word

    the act of helping something develop or succeed

  • actuarial

    Word

    relating to actuaries and the calculation of financial risk, especially for insurance

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • ravishing

    Word

    extremely beautiful or attractive

  • hashish

    Word

    a drug made from cannabis resin

  • glade

    Word

    a small open area in a forest

  • leavings

    Word

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

  • milt

    Word

    the soft reproductive tissue from a male fish

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  • forger

    Word

    a person who makes fake copies of documents, money, or works of art

  • fickle

    Word

    likely to change suddenly and not be reliable

  • entitle

    Word

    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • fascinate

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    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • embed

    Word

    to put something firmly inside or into something else

  • slighting

    Word

    showing disrespect or contempt

  • pretzel

    Word

    a hard, salty baked snack shaped like a knot or stick

  • honk

    Word

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

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • lobbyist

    Word

    a person who tries to influence politicians or government officials

  • nameless

    Word

    having no name; not identified by name

  • evener

    Word

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

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  • cervical

    Word

    relating to the neck or the cervix

  • denominator

    Word

    the number below the line in a fraction

  • meddle

    Word

    to interfere in someone else's affairs when you are not wanted or needed

  • alleyway

    Word

    a narrow passage between or behind buildings

  • undertaker

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    a person whose job is to arrange funerals and prepare bodies for burial or cremation

  • obsess

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    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • hypnotic

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    so interesting or attractive that it holds your attention

  • screech

    Word

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • avail

    Word

    to be useful or help

  • unravel

    Word

    to separate threads or fibers, or come apart into threads

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • shadowing

    Word

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

  • morgue

    Word

    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • cleanse

    Word

    to clean something thoroughly, especially by removing dirt or harmful substances

  • tripping

    Word

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • your man

    Phrase

    the person who is best suited to do something or help with it

  • contract killer

    Phrase

    a person who is paid to kill someone

  • assistant professor

    Phrase

    a university teacher who is below the rank of associate professor

  • venture capitalist

    Phrase

    a person or firm that invests in new companies with high growth potential

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

    Word

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

  • vested

    Word

    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • rascal

    Word

    a mischievous or cheeky person, especially a child

  • sow

    Word

    to plant seeds by scattering them on the ground

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • accountable

    Word

    responsible for explaining your actions or decisions to someone in authority

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • vulnerability

    Word

    the state of being open to harm, attack, or criticism

  • reap

    Word

    to cut and gather a crop from a field

  • keep in

    Phrase

    to keep a student at school after class as a punishment

  • tracing

    Word

    the act of following or marking the path or position of something

  • contend

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation or problem

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • dementia

    Word

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

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • palette

    Word

    a flat board that an artist uses to hold and mix paint

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • obituary

    Word

    a newspaper notice about someone's death, often with a short life story

  • dane

    Word

    a person from Denmark

  • don't you know

    Phrase

    used at the end of a statement to ask for agreement or confirmation

  • wedding vow

    Phrase

    a promise spoken during a wedding ceremony

  • mend

    Word

    to repair something, especially by hand

  • medical record

    Phrase

    an official file with details of a person's health, treatment, and medical history

  • brain tumor

    Phrase

    a cancerous growth in the brain

  • wire transfer

    Phrase

    a bank transfer sent electronically from one account to another

  • credit rating

    Phrase

    a score or rating that shows how likely someone is to repay borrowed money

  • launder

    Word

    wash clothes, sheets, or other fabric items

  • purge

    Word

    to remove things that are unwanted or unnecessary

  • fingerprint

    Word

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

  • hardship

    Word

    a difficult situation that causes suffering or lack of basic needs

  • can't help

    Phrase

    to be unable to stop yourself from doing something

  • name after

    Phrase

    to give someone or something the name of another person or thing, usually to honor them

  • applicant

    Word

    a person who applies for a job, place, or position

  • gaze

    Word

    to look at someone or something for a long time, often with strong interest or emotion

  • key in

    Phrase

    to enter information by typing it into a computer or device

  • better off

    Phrase

    in a better situation, especially after a change or decision

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • stand in

    Phrase

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

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • pharmaceutical

    Word

    relating to medicinal drugs and their preparation or use

  • chatter

    Word

    to talk quickly and continuously, often about unimportant things

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • runaway

    Word

    a person, especially a child or teenager, who has run away from home or another place where they were staying

  • capitalist

    Word

    supporting capitalism or based on capitalism

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • accelerate

    Word

    to go faster

  • autopsy

    Word

    a medical examination of a body after death to find the cause of death

  • glimpse

    Word

    to see something briefly or only partly

  • id

    Word

    an official card or document that shows who someone is

  • supervise

    Word

    to be in charge of a person, group, or activity and make sure it is done properly

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

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