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Law & Order S17E11: English vocabulary

Season 17, Episode 11CrimeDrama

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  • evince

    to show something clearly

  • paring

    the act of cutting off small pieces from something

  • vilify

    to say or write very bad things about someone or something, often unfairly

  • exhume

    to dig up something buried, especially a body

  • contrive

    to manage to do something, especially with difficulty or cleverness

  • sainthood

    the state of being a saint

  • proffer

    to offer something formally or in a careful way

  • inequity

    unfairness or lack of equal treatment

  • amputate

    to remove part or all of a limb or finger by surgery

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • gavel

    a small hammer used by a judge or auctioneer to get attention or signal a decision

  • grafting

    the process of joining parts of two plants so they grow as one

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  • indigent

    very poor; lacking the money needed for basic needs

  • cremate

    to burn a dead body to ashes, usually as part of a funeral process

  • causation

    the fact that one thing causes another

  • sterilize

    to make something free of all harmful germs

  • docket

    a list of cases or matters to be dealt with in court

  • subsidize

    to pay part of the cost of something so it can be sold more cheaply or provided more easily

  • larceny

    the crime of stealing someone else's property

  • senile

    showing mental decline that can happen in old age

  • suitability

    the quality of being suitable for a particular person, purpose, or situation

  • toxicology

    the study of poisons and how they affect living things

  • pillage

    to steal or destroy goods by force, especially during war or unrest

  • kneecap

    the bone at the front of the knee

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