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The Blacklist S6E1: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 1DramaCrimeMystery

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  • moonshiner

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    a person who makes or sells illegal homemade liquor

  • enamor

    Word

    to make someone fall in love with you

  • slicking

    Word

    making something smooth and glossy

  • marimba

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    a musical instrument with wooden bars that you hit with small sticks

  • predilection

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    a strong liking for something

  • marauder

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    a person who raids or plunders, especially in a war or attack

  • reconstructive

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    used for repairing or rebuilding body parts after injury or illness

  • mooned

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    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • welcomer

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

  • forger

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

  • wanton

    Word

    deliberately cruel, violent, or harmful

  • dilate

    Word

    to make something wider or more open, or become wider or more open

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  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • impunity

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    freedom from punishment for doing something wrong or illegal

  • pygmy

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    a member of certain peoples in central Africa and parts of Southeast Asia

  • impersonate

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    pretend to be someone else, often to trick people or for entertainment

  • forgetful

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    often forgetting things or not paying enough attention to remember them

  • symbiotic

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    describing a relationship in which two different things help each other

  • abnormality

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    a sign that something is not normal or expected

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • souring

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    becoming sour, spoiled, or unpleasant

  • punter

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    a person who bets money, especially on horse racing or football

  • swab

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    a small piece of soft material used for cleaning a wound or taking a sample

  • sift

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    to pass dry ingredients through a sieve to remove lumps or coarse bits

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  • dossier

    Word

    a file or set of documents with detailed information about a person, case, or subject

  • terrify

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    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • clientele

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    the customers or clients of a business or professional service

  • penniless

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    having no money at all

  • technicals

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    the practical details of something, especially the technical ones

  • evener

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

  • sloth

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    a slow-moving tropical American animal that hangs from trees

  • lug

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    to carry or drag something heavy with effort

  • overpass

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    a bridge or road that goes over another road

  • neurological

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    relating to the nervous system or to neurology

  • defuse

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    make a dangerous or tense situation less serious or less likely to cause trouble

  • fruitful

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    producing good or useful results; successful and effective

  • colossal

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    extremely large

  • impromptu

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    done without planning or rehearsal

  • nip

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    a small amount of a drink, especially alcohol

  • sweeten

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    to make something sweet or sweeter

  • elusive

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    difficult to find, catch, understand, or remember

  • inched

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    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • keyed

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    locked with a key

  • abduct

    Word

    to take someone away illegally by force or trickery

  • the good doctor

    Phrase

    a respectful way to refer to a doctor

  • down to the wire

    Phrase

    So close to the end that the result is decided at the last moment

  • sweeten the pot

    Phrase

    to offer extra money or another extra benefit to persuade someone to do something

  • shadowing

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

  • pluck

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    to pull something off or out from where it grows or is attached

  • morgue

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

  • tripping

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    moving or walking with quick, light steps

  • salting

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    the act of adding salt to food or water

  • sanded

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    smoothed by rubbing with sandpaper

  • reorganize

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    to organize something again in a new or better way

  • potting

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    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • rightful

    Word

    deserved or legally owned; having a valid claim to something

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • plastic surgeon

    Phrase

    a doctor who specializes in plastic surgery

  • paling

    Word

    a fence made of upright wooden stakes

  • fives

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

  • blood in

    Phrase

    to join a gang by doing a violent act as part of an initiation

  • shotted

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    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • come to terms with

    Phrase

    to accept a difficult or painful situation and stop resisting it

  • gun down

    Phrase

    to shoot someone and kill them

  • weaponry

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    weapons considered as a group

  • send it

    Phrase

    to do something with full effort or confidence

  • whipping

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    the act of beating someone with a whip as punishment

  • circulate

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    to move around within a system or area, or make something do this

  • gunning

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    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • screwing

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    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • blazer

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    a light jacket, often worn with smart clothes or as part of a uniform

  • urgency

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    the need for quick action

  • special agent

    Phrase

    an FBI or other government detective

  • at any given moment

    Phrase

    at any time; at any point

  • maroon

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    a dark red-purple color

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • distinctly

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    in a way that is very clear or easy to notice

  • here's the thing

    Phrase

    used to introduce the main point or important detail of what you are saying

  • residency

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    the fact of living in a place, or the place where you live

  • to God

    Phrase

    used in expressions like “I hope to God” to show a very strong wish or hope

  • sift through

    Phrase

    to look through a group of things or information carefully to find something

  • grand opening

    Phrase

    the official public opening of a new business, store, or building

  • launder

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    wash clothes, sheets, or other fabric items

  • aura

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    a special feeling or atmosphere around a person, place, or thing

  • sighted

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    able to see; not blind

  • clover

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    a plant with small leaves, usually three on each stem, and round pink, white, or red flowers

  • reconciliation

    Word

    the process of becoming friendly again after an argument or disagreement

  • security system

    Phrase

    a system that protects a building or area from intruders and may sound an alarm

  • what do you want

    Phrase

    a rude way of asking why someone is bothering or interrupting you

  • cheat on

    Phrase

    to be sexually unfaithful to your partner

  • bossed

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    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • master key

    Phrase

    a key that can open several different locks

  • underworld

    Word

    the criminal world, especially organized crime

  • make up

    Phrase

    to invent something, especially a story, excuse, or plan

  • fugitive

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    a person who is running away or hiding, especially from the police or from danger

  • deceive

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    to trick someone by making them believe something false

  • novice

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    a person who is new to a skill, activity, or job

  • prohibition

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    the act of forbidding something, especially by law

  • evidently

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    used to say that something seems true or has become clear from the facts

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

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