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Grey's Anatomy S20E1: English vocabulary

Season 20, Episode 1Drama

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  • agonize

    Word

    to worry or feel upset about something for a long time

  • indecipherable

    Word

    impossible to read or understand

  • distend

    Word

    to swell, or make something swell, because of pressure from inside

  • duodenum

    Word

    the first part of the small intestine, just after the stomach

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • hemorrhagic

    Word

    relating to bleeding or blood loss

  • insufficiency

    Word

    the state of not having enough of something needed

  • throb

    Word

    to beat or move with a strong, regular rhythm

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • foxed

    Word

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

  • resuscitate

    Word

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

  • antic

    Word

    playful, funny, or slightly silly

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  • lunacy

    Word

    extreme foolishness or crazy behavior

  • snide

    Word

    rude or mocking in an indirect way

  • singularly

    Word

    in a way that is especially noticeable or unusual

  • aortic

    Word

    relating to the aorta, the main artery from the heart

  • extricate

    Word

    to free someone or something from a difficult place or situation

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • femoral

    Word

    relating to the thigh bone or the upper part of the leg

  • catheter

    Word

    a thin tube put into the body to remove or add fluid

  • sedation

    Word

    the use of sedative drugs to make someone calm or sleepy

  • aorta

    Word

    the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body

  • emergent

    Word

    starting to appear or become important

  • wean

    Word

    to stop a baby or young animal from drinking milk and start giving other food

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  • sobriety

    Word

    the state of not being drunk or high, especially after stopping alcohol or drug use

  • scalpel

    Word

    a small sharp knife used by doctors in surgery

  • frustrate

    Word

    to make someone feel annoyed, upset, or disappointed

  • fillet

    Word

    a boneless piece of meat or fish

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • lurch

    Word

    to move suddenly and unsteadily, often because you are off balance

  • bile

    Word

    a bitter fluid made by the liver that helps digest fat

  • stabling

    Word

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

    Word

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

  • repress

    Word

    to stop yourself from showing or feeling something

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • obsess

    Word

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

  • toothache

    Word

    pain in one or more teeth

  • transfusion

    Word

    the process of putting blood into someone's body through a vein

  • incision

    Word

    a small cut made in the body, usually during an operation

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • ballooned

    Word

    to rise or grow very quickly in amount, size, or cost

  • avoidance

    Word

    the act of avoiding someone or something

  • inconsistency

    Word

    a lack of consistency or agreement

  • clot

    Word

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

  • visualize

    Word

    to form a clear picture of something in your mind

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • something awful

    Phrase

    very much; extremely

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • suction

    Word

    the act of drawing air or liquid in by creating a partial vacuum

  • simulate

    Word

    to copy the way something looks, sounds, or behaves

  • lac

    Word

    a sticky resin used to make varnish or a wood finish

  • depress

    Word

    to make someone feel very sad, discouraged, or hopeless

  • not done

    Phrase

    not acceptable in polite society; considered improper or rude

  • get it in

    Phrase

    to have sex

  • dehydration

    Word

    the condition of having lost too much water

  • conveniently

    Word

    in a way that is useful or fits a plan or situation well

  • psychiatry

    Word

    the branch of medicine that deals with mental illness and emotional disorders

  • reestablish

    Word

    to establish something again after it has stopped or been lost

  • bacterial

    Word

    relating to bacteria or caused by bacteria

  • proxy

    Word

    the authority to act or vote for someone else

  • wheeling

    Word

    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

    Word

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

  • vested

    Word

    earned or officially guaranteed, so it cannot be taken away

  • step back

    Phrase

    a setback or decline

  • wrap around

    Phrase

    to move text automatically onto the next line when it reaches the end of a line

  • vulnerability

    Word

    the state of being open to harm, attack, or criticism

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • trajectory

    Word

    the path that something moving through the air or space follows

  • subscribe

    Word

    to pay to receive a newspaper, magazine, or service regularly

  • accountability

    Word

    the fact of being responsible for your actions and able to explain them

  • stupidity

    Word

    behavior that shows very poor judgment or common sense

  • superficial

    Word

    not deep or detailed enough

  • cling

    Word

    to hold on tightly to someone or something

  • bowel

    Word

    the intestines

  • tonic

    Word

    a drink or medicine that is meant to make you feel stronger or healthier

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • screwing

    Word

    the act of fastening something with a screw

  • ligament

    Word

    a strong band of tissue that connects bones in a joint

  • 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

  • arming

    Word

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

  • follow up

    Phrase

    to contact someone again after an earlier conversation, meeting, or message

  • trolley

    Word

    a streetcar or tram that carries passengers in a city

  • abdominal

    Word

    relating to the abdomen or stomach area

  • on the case

    Phrase

    actively dealing with something or working on it

  • sit by

    Phrase

    to stand by and do nothing while something bad or important is happening

  • directive

    Word

    an official instruction or order

  • bagging

    Word

    the act of putting things into bags or packages

  • override

    Word

    to use your authority to cancel or ignore a decision

  • what do you want

    Phrase

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

  • get in there

    Phrase

    used to show approval or encouragement

  • bottom out

    Phrase

    to reach the lowest point, especially after a decline

  • rigid

    Word

    stiff and not able to bend easily

  • sabotage

    Word

    the deliberate damaging or blocking of something to stop it working or succeeding

  • clamp

    Word

    a device used to hold two things tightly together

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • in the first place

    Phrase

    at the beginning; originally

  • maneuver

    Word

    to move carefully or skillfully through a difficult place or situation

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

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