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NCIS S4E23: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 23CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • saute

    to cook food quickly in a small amount of hot fat or oil

  • obit

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

  • crocus

    a small spring flower with purple, yellow, or white flowers

  • paralytic

    relating to paralysis

  • stomaching

    the present participle of stomach

  • riddling

    hard to understand; mysterious or puzzling

  • attache

    a diplomat who works in an embassy and has a special area of responsibility

  • foxed

    stained or discolored with brown spots, especially from age or dampness

  • welcomer

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

  • infarction

    a place in an organ or tissue where blood flow is blocked and the tissue dies

  • divider

    something that separates two things or spaces

  • obelisk

    a tall stone pillar that narrows toward the top and ends in a pointed shape

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  • contaminate

    to make a substance or place dirty or unsafe by adding harmful material

  • synthesize

    to make a substance by combining simpler substances or elements

  • ballistics

    the science of how bullets, shells, and other projectiles move through the air

  • milligram

    a unit of mass equal to one thousandth of a gram

  • circumvent

    to find a way around a rule, problem, or obstacle

  • pitying

    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • pristine

    clean, fresh, and in perfect condition, as if new

  • improperly

    in a way that is not correct or proper

  • evener

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

  • alas

    used to show sadness, regret, or disappointment

  • tailed

    having a tail

  • punctured

    damaged by a sharp object that has made a hole in it

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