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House S5E18: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 18Drama

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  • miscalculate

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    to estimate or calculate something incorrectly

  • ungracious

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    rude, unfriendly, or lacking in good manners

  • satisfyingly

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    in a way that gives a pleasant feeling of satisfaction

  • distil

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    to separate a liquid by heating it and cooling the vapor

  • credulous

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    too ready to believe things, especially without enough proof

  • flunky

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    a person who does boring or unimportant work for someone else, often in a servile way

  • grovel

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    to act in a very humble, desperate, or self-abasing way, especially to get forgiveness or favor

  • redouble

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    to increase something greatly, especially effort or activity

  • catnip

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    a plant with minty-smelling leaves that cats are attracted to

  • omniscient

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    knowing everything; all-knowing

  • delude

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    to make someone believe something that is false

  • fecal

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    relating to feces

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  • snuggle

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    to curl up or move into a warm, comfortable position, often close to someone or something

  • ratting

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    the act of hunting or trapping rats

  • visceral

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    strong and instinctive, rather than calm or logical

  • reflux

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    the backward flow of stomach acid into the throat

  • mooned

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

  • welt

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    a raised mark or swollen area on the skin, often caused by a blow or irritation

  • gloat

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    to feel or show smug pleasure about your own success or someone else's failure

  • welcomer

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

  • tenuous

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    weak, slight, or not very strong

  • pituitary

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    the pituitary gland

  • sulk

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    to sit or stay somewhere in a bad mood because you are annoyed or disappointed

  • feverish

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    showing signs of a fever, such as heat, sweating, or restlessness

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  • emphysema

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    a serious lung disease that makes breathing difficult

  • bronchitis

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    a chest illness that makes the airways swollen and causes coughing

  • nosing

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    the front edge of a step or stair

  • melanoma

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    a serious type of skin cancer

  • clouding

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    the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent

  • antiseptic

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    a substance used to kill germs and help prevent infection

  • uptake

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    the amount of something that is taken in, used, or accepted

  • scalpel

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    a small sharp knife used by doctors in surgery

  • pox

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    a disease that causes spots or pustules on the skin, such as chickenpox or smallpox

  • dyeing

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    the process of coloring fabric or other materials

  • overheat

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    to become too hot, or to make something too hot

  • horoscope

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    a prediction about what will happen to someone, based on astrology

  • disprove

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    to prove that something is false or wrong

  • quirk

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    a small habit or feature that is a little unusual but not serious

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • epileptic

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    relating to epilepsy

  • urinate

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    to pass urine from the body

  • drool

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    to let saliva run from your mouth

  • pus

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    a thick yellow or greenish liquid that forms in an infected wound

  • faxed

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    to send something by fax

  • temps

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    short for a temporary worker

  • blanketing

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

  • misinterpret

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    to understand or explain something in the wrong way

  • couched

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    to express something in a particular way

  • thyroid

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    a gland in the neck that makes hormones controlling growth and metabolism

  • eccentricity

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    the quality of being unusual or a little strange in an interesting way

  • stabling

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    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

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

  • inhale

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    to breathe air, smoke, or gas into your lungs

  • whoop

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    to shout loudly because you are excited or happy

  • necking

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    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • neurological

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    relating to the nervous system or to neurology

  • lapping

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    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • obsess

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    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • voided

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    made invalid or no longer legally effective

  • logics

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    the study of correct reasoning

  • toxin

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    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • gout

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    a painful disease that causes swelling in the joints, often in the big toe

  • lovingly

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    in a loving way; with affection

  • chloride

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    a chemical compound containing chlorine

  • dizziness

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    a feeling that you or the room is spinning, often making you unsteady

  • grader

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    a person or machine that checks, marks, or scores work

  • springing

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    moving with quick, light jumps

  • scientifically

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    in a way that uses science or scientific methods

  • donut

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    a sweet, fried cake, often shaped like a ring

  • lordship

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    the title or form of address used for a lord

  • congratulation

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    an expression of praise or good wishes for someone's success or good luck

  • digger

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    a person or animal that digs

  • lesion

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    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • brow

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    the part of the face above the eyes and below the hairline

  • needless

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    not necessary; able to be avoided

  • epilepsy

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    a medical condition that causes repeated seizures

  • larva

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    the young form of an insect that hatches from an egg and changes into an adult

  • cranberry

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    a small red berry with a sharp, sour taste

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • stepson

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    the son of your husband or wife from a previous relationship

  • kill me

    Phrase

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

  • plastic surgeon

    Phrase

    a doctor who specializes in plastic surgery

  • lair

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    a hidden place where a wild animal lives

  • superstitious

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    believing that certain events or objects can bring good or bad luck

  • fives

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

  • dosage

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    the amount of medicine or a drug that should be taken at one time or over a period of time

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • 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

  • bounding

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    moving quickly with light, springy steps

  • tabling

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    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • hector

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    to bully or speak to someone in a harsh, overbearing way

  • avatar

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    a picture or icon that represents a person online or in a game

  • wildly

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    in a very uncontrolled or extreme way

  • crash cart

    Phrase

    a cart in a hospital that carries emergency equipment and medicine

  • fancied

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    imagined rather than real

  • commute

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    to travel regularly between home and work

  • stamping

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    the act of making a mark or design by pressing a stamp onto something

  • genetically

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    in a way that relates to genes or genetics

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