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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit S8E20: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 20CrimeDramaMystery

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  • bigamist

    a person who is married to two people at the same time

  • prepay

    to pay for something before it is due or before you receive it

  • nightcap

    a drink, especially an alcoholic one, taken before going to bed

  • chock

    a block or wedge placed under a wheel to keep a vehicle from moving

  • grubby

    dirty and untidy

  • hawked

    to try to sell things in public by calling out to people

  • earmark

    to set money, time, or resources aside for a particular purpose

  • scalping

    the illegal buying of tickets and reselling them for a much higher price

  • fining

    the act of making someone pay a fine

  • slush

    partly melted snow or ice on the ground

  • paralyze

    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • prying

    too interested in other people's private matters

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  • heinous

    extremely evil and shocking

  • circumstantial

    based on the facts and details of a situation

  • rigor

    careful, exact, and thorough work or study

  • racking

    causing a lot of pain or suffering

  • spook

    a ghost or spirit, especially in stories or jokes

  • ringer

    a person or thing that is very similar to someone or something else

  • evener

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

  • pry

    to ask questions about someone’s private life in a way that is annoying or rude

  • breather

    a short rest or break

  • scour

    to clean something by rubbing it hard

  • munch

    to eat something in a noisy or casual way

  • gnome

    a small creature in stories that lives underground and is often shown guarding treasure

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