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NCIS S17E3: English vocabulary

Season 17, Episode 3CrimeDramaAction & Adventure

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  • sutured

    closed with stitches

  • wheelhouse

    the part of a ship where the person steering it stands or sits

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • obligate

    to make someone legally or morally required to do something

  • ratting

    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • emporium

    a large shop that sells many different kinds of goods

  • palpable

    easy to notice or feel

  • conundrum

    a confusing problem or question that is hard to solve

  • waterproofing

    the process of making something waterproof

  • insecticide

    a substance used to kill insects

  • ringleader

    the person who leads a group, especially one doing something bad or illegal

  • prizing

    to value something very highly

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  • divulge

    to reveal private or secret information

  • synchronize

    to make things happen at the same time or in the same way

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • sliver

    a very small, thin piece of something that has broken off or been cut from a larger piece

  • inking

    the process of drawing or outlining with ink

  • mallard

    a wild duck with a green head, common in many parts of the world

  • charade

    something that hides the truth or makes a situation seem better than it is

  • leech

    a bloodsucking worm, or a person who takes advantage of others

  • ugliness

    the quality of being ugly or unpleasant to look at

  • cyanide

    a very poisonous chemical compound used in some industrial processes

  • stalked

    to follow someone closely and watch them in a threatening way

  • suture

    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

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