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Grey's Anatomy S16E15: English vocabulary

Season 16, Episode 15Drama

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  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • hunker

    Word

    to crouch or sit down low, often to hide or feel safer

  • demote

    Word

    to move someone to a lower rank or position

  • toweling

    Word

    a soft, absorbent fabric used for towels and bathrobes

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • amputate

    Word

    to remove part or all of a limb or finger by surgery

  • misplace

    Word

    to put something in the wrong place and then be unable to find it

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • blissful

    Word

    extremely happy, peaceful, and content

  • resuscitate

    Word

    to bring someone back to consciousness or life, especially by medical treatment

  • fascia

    Word

    a layer of tough tissue that surrounds and supports muscles and organs

  • welcomer

    Word

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

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  • treatable

    Word

    able to be treated successfully with medicine or other care

  • deflate

    Word

    to let air or gas out of something, or to become empty of air

  • slush

    Word

    partly melted snow or ice on the ground

  • ruddy

    Word

    having a healthy red color, especially in the face or cheeks

  • frostbite

    Word

    injury to skin and tissue caused by extreme cold

  • bode

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    to be a sign that something is likely to happen, especially something bad

  • devastate

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    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

  • cirrhosis

    Word

    a serious liver disease that causes scarring and poor liver function

  • seep

    Word

    to flow slowly through small holes or a porous material

  • impersonation

    Word

    the act of pretending to be someone else, often to trick people or for entertainment

  • carcinoma

    Word

    a type of cancer that starts in the cells covering organs or body surfaces

  • impersonate

    Word

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

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  • shunt

    Word

    to move a train or rail vehicle from one track to another

  • absentee

    Word

    a person who is expected to be somewhere but is not there

  • spoiler

    Word

    a comment or post that reveals an important part of a story, movie, or game before you see it

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • snowstorm

    Word

    a storm with heavy snow and strong wind

  • pining

    Word

    full of longing or sadness for someone or something

  • fetal

    Word

    relating to a fetus

  • bile

    Word

    a bitter fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat

  • blanketing

    Word

    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

  • cryptic

    Word

    mysterious or hard to understand

  • startle

    Word

    to make someone suddenly feel shocked or alarmed

  • suture

    Word

    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • stitching

    Word

    the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

  • evener

    Word

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

  • punctured

    Word

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

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • streaked

    Word

    having thin lines or marks of a different color

  • hemorrhage

    Word

    a heavy loss of blood from a blood vessel

  • furthest

    Word

    farthest away in space or time

  • clot

    Word

    a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

  • ventilator

    Word

    a machine that helps a patient breathe

  • evaporate

    Word

    to change from a liquid into a gas

  • ruptured

    Word

    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

  • saline

    Word

    containing salt or tasting like salt

  • donut

    Word

    a sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring

  • blister

    Word

    a small, raised bubble on the skin filled with liquid

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • thaw

    Word

    to become unfrozen and turn into liquid

  • peel the onion

    Phrase

    to examine a problem or situation carefully, step by step

  • gravitational

    Word

    relating to the force of gravity

  • lap chole

    Phrase

    an informal short form of laparoscopic cholecystectomy

  • lac

    Word

    a sticky resin used to make varnish or a wood finish

  • ribbed

    Word

    having raised ridges or lines

  • cavalier

    Word

    showing too little concern or care; casual in a way that can seem rude

  • despairing

    Word

    feeling or showing that you have lost all hope

  • stop the bleeding

    Phrase

    to stop a bad situation from getting worse

  • insure

    Word

    buy insurance for something or someone

  • shake it

    Phrase

    to dance in a lively, energetic way

  • rub it in

    Phrase

    to say something that makes someone feel worse about a mistake, failure, or bad luck

  • rupture

    Word

    a serious break in a relationship or situation

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • blood in

    Phrase

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

  • brownish

    Word

    slightly brown in color

  • wake up one day

    Phrase

    to suddenly realize something or decide to change your life one day

  • flight risk

    Phrase

    a person who is likely to run away before a trial or punishment

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • deficiency

    Word

    a lack of something that is needed or expected

  • blizzard

    Word

    a severe snowstorm with strong winds and very low visibility

  • contraction

    Word

    the process of becoming smaller or shorter, or of squeezing together

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • compression

    Word

    the process of making something smaller or tighter by pressing it together

  • walk out of

    Phrase

    to leave a place suddenly, especially in protest or anger

  • see things

    Phrase

    to think you are seeing something that is not really there

  • put out

    Phrase

    to cause someone trouble or inconvenience

  • arming

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

  • same exact

    Phrase

    used to emphasize that two things are exactly the same

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • diagnose

    Word

    to identify an illness or problem by examining the signs and tests

  • chilled

    Word

    kept cold, especially in a refrigerator or with ice

  • come out in

    Phrase

    to suddenly develop a rash or spots on your skin

  • brain surgery

    Phrase

    a serious operation on the brain

  • spoiler alert

    Phrase

    a warning that the following part will reveal important plot details

  • foster parent

    Phrase

    a person who cares for a child as a parent without legally adopting them

  • lab work

    Phrase

    work done in a laboratory, especially for a class, test, or experiment

  • hip replacement

    Phrase

    a surgery that replaces a damaged hip joint with an artificial one

  • walk out

    Phrase

    leave a place suddenly, often to show anger or disapproval

  • take it out on

    Phrase

    to show anger or frustration by treating someone badly, even though they did not cause the problem

  • foster care

    Phrase

    care for a child in another family, usually for a limited time

  • chance on

    Phrase

    to find or meet something by chance

  • shack

    Word

    a small, simple, roughly built house or shelter

  • kneel

    Word

    to rest on one or both knees

  • spawn

    Word

    (of fish, frogs, and some other animals) lay eggs in water

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • respiratory

    Word

    relating to breathing or the organs used for breathing

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