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Castle S8E12: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 12DramaCrime

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  • seclude

    Word

    to keep someone or something apart from other people

  • digitize

    Word

    to change pictures, documents, or data into digital form

  • unsophisticated

    Word

    simple and not very refined

  • injector

    Word

    a device that injects fuel, medicine, or another liquid

  • rummage

    Word

    to search through things in a messy or casual way

  • celibate

    Word

    not having sex, often because of religious beliefs or personal choice

  • bayed

    Word

    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • ratting

    Word

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • doer

    Word

    a person who takes action and gets things done

  • antagonize

    Word

    to make someone angry or hostile toward you

  • welcomer

    Word

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • maim

    Word

    to injure someone very badly, often permanently

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  • captor

    Word

    a person who has captured and is holding someone prisoner

  • pout

    Word

    to push your lips forward, often to show annoyance or to look flirtatious

  • veiled

    Word

    hidden or expressed in a way that is not direct or obvious

  • poling

    Word

    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

  • prying

    Word

    too interested in other people's private matters

  • copped

    Word

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • recluse

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    a person who lives alone and avoids other people

  • handcuff

    Word

    to put handcuffs on someone

  • bicker

    Word

    to argue about small, unimportant things

  • thinly

    Word

    in a thin layer or with little thickness

  • evener

    Word

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

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  • vial

    Word

    a small glass container for holding a liquid, especially medicine

  • pry

    Word

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

  • newsroom

    Word

    the room where journalists work in a newspaper, TV, or online news office

  • budge

    Word

    to move a little, or make something move a little

  • syringe

    Word

    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • confide

    Word

    to tell someone private information or feelings in confidence

  • fringed

    Word

    having a decorative edge made of hanging threads or strips

  • medallion

    Word

    a large decorative medal, often worn on a chain or used as an ornament

  • ploy

    Word

    a clever or sneaky plan meant to get an advantage

  • impromptu

    Word

    done without planning or rehearsal

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • broken in

    Phrase

    used to describe an animal that has been trained to be calm and easy to handle

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • live on

    Phrase

    to continue to exist or be remembered

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • open the door

    Phrase

    to make it possible for something to happen

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • solitude

    Word

    the state of being alone, often by choice

  • fives

    Word

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

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • meow

    Word

    the sound a cat makes

  • surrogate

    Word

    a person who acts or is used instead of another

  • leverage

    Word

    the power or advantage you get from using something to help you achieve more

  • keyhole

    Word

    the small hole in a door where you put a key

  • channeling

    Word

    the act of directing energy, money, or attention into something

  • seniority

    Word

    the fact of having worked for an organization longer than other people, or of being higher in rank

  • personal property

    Phrase

    property that is movable and not land or buildings

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • confide in

    Phrase

    to tell someone private thoughts or feelings in confidence

  • antidote

    Word

    a medicine that stops a poison from harming someone

  • good heavens

    Phrase

    an exclamation used to show surprise or shock

  • piece of the puzzle

    Phrase

    one part of a bigger situation, explanation, or plan

  • powerless

    Word

    unable to act, influence events, or change a situation

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • go free

    Phrase

    to be released from prison or another place of confinement

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • figuring out

    Phrase

    the process of trying to understand or solve something

  • home video

    Phrase

    a video made at home by a non-professional

  • pry bar

    Phrase

    a heavy metal tool used for prying things open

  • personal assistant

    Phrase

    someone whose job is to help a person manage daily work and personal tasks

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • right out

    Phrase

    in a blunt or direct way

  • bust out

    Phrase

    to escape from a place, especially a prison, often by force

  • cam

    Word

    a shaped part in a machine that makes another part move in a controlled way

  • phrasing

    Word

    the way words are chosen and put together in speech or writing

  • count down

    Phrase

    to count backward to a time or event

  • dire

    Word

    very serious and worrying

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • hands on

    Phrase

    involving doing things yourself, not just watching or planning

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • disconnect

    Word

    to break or end a connection between things

  • work in

    Phrase

    to find time or space for something in a busy schedule or limited place

  • hang in

    Phrase

    to keep going in a difficult situation and not give up

  • bridging

    Word

    the act of building a bridge

  • curing

    Word

    the process of preserving food by salting, drying, or smoking

  • demise

    Word

    death, especially when mentioned in a formal or indirect way

  • know of

    Phrase

    to know that a person or thing exists, but not know much about them

  • finch

    Word

    a small bird that eats seeds and often sings

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • yankee

    Word

    a person from the northern US, especially New England

  • lettered

    Word

    marked or decorated with letters or writing

  • collared

    Word

    having a collar

  • forensic

    Word

    relating to the scientific study used in solving crimes

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • coped

    Word

    to deal with a difficult situation successfully

  • kin

    Word

    your family and relatives

  • billing

    Word

    the work of sending bills and collecting payment

  • rig

    Word

    to arrange or set up something, especially equipment, for a particular purpose

  • tricking

    Word

    the act of deceiving or cheating someone

  • accessory

    Word

    something added to make an outfit look better or work better

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