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Nova S45E8: English vocabulary

Season 45, Episode 8Documentary

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  • oxygenate

    Word

    to add oxygen to something or make it contain more oxygen

  • coulee

    Word

    a narrow valley or gully, often dry

  • atrial

    Word

    relating to an atrium, especially one of the upper chambers of the heart

  • incapacitate

    Word

    to make someone unable to function normally

  • clotted

    Word

    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • meld

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    to blend or combine smoothly

  • comatose

    Word

    in a coma; deeply unconscious for a long time

  • infuse

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    to add a quality, feeling, or flavor to something

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • respirator

    Word

    a mask or device worn over the nose and mouth to protect you from harmful dust, smoke, or fumes

  • devastate

    Word

    to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely

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  • fascinate

    Word

    to attract and hold someone's attention or interest strongly

  • resuscitation

    Word

    the process of bringing someone back to consciousness or life

  • scalpel

    Word

    a small sharp knife used by doctors in surgery

  • frustrate

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    to make someone feel annoyed, upset, or disappointed

  • abnormality

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    a sign that something is not normal or expected

  • dialysis

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    a medical treatment that removes waste from the blood when the kidneys cannot do it properly

  • fussy

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    hard to please or easily annoyed

  • abler

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    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • scaffold

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    a temporary frame of poles and boards used by workers to reach high parts of a building

  • pancreas

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    an organ behind the stomach that helps digest food and makes insulin

  • diseased

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    affected by disease; not healthy

  • tubing

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    the activity of riding on an inflatable tube for fun, especially on water

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  • terrify

    Word

    to make someone feel extreme fear

  • fruition

    Word

    the point at which a plan, idea, or effort succeeds or is completed

  • incubator

    Word

    a machine that keeps babies, eggs, or tiny living things in a controlled warm environment

  • procurement

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    the process of buying and supplying goods or services for a company or organization

  • evener

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

  • meticulous

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    very careful about small details and exactness

  • retrieval

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    the act of getting back something that was lost or stored

  • yay

    Word

    used to show happiness, excitement, or approval

  • artisan

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    a person who makes things by hand, especially using traditional skills

  • clot

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

  • remodel

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    to change the structure or style of a room or building

  • coronary

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    relating to the blood vessels that supply the heart

  • ruptured

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    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

  • springing

    Word

    moving with quick, light jumps

  • stripping

    Word

    the act of removing a covering, layer, or clothes

  • fatally

    Word

    in a way that causes death or serious harm

  • clump

    Word

    a small, tight group or mass of things

  • refine

    Word

    to remove impurities from a substance

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • phenomenal

    Word

    extremely good, impressive, or surprising

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • Other Side

    Phrase

    the life or world believed to exist after death

  • vena cava

    Phrase

    the large vein that carries blood from the upper body to the heart

  • gag reflex

    Phrase

    the automatic reaction that makes you retch when something touches the back of your throat

  • fives

    Word

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

  • on the face of

    Phrase

    used to say that something seems true or reasonable at first, but may not be when you look more closely

  • go down in flames

    Phrase

    to fail completely, often in a dramatic way

  • very well

    Phrase

    used to say that you agree to something, often reluctantly

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • light on

    Phrase

    to land or settle lightly on something

  • head up

    Phrase

    to lead a group, team, or project

  • luck in

    Phrase

    to be lucky and succeed by chance

  • detergent

    Word

    a cleaning product used for washing clothes or dishes

  • circulate

    Word

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

  • urgency

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    the need for quick action

  • excite

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    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • prolong

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    to make something last longer

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • wrench

    Word

    a tool used for gripping and turning nuts, bolts, or pipes

  • finite

    Word

    having a limit; not endless

  • in the long term

    Phrase

    over a long period of time, especially when thinking about the future

  • horribly

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    to a very bad or unpleasant degree

  • refined

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    elegant, polished, and cultured in style or manner

  • nutrient

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    a substance in food or soil that plants and animals need to grow and stay healthy

  • wheeled

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    equipped with wheels

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • residency

    Word

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

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • operating room

    Phrase

    a hospital room where surgery is performed

  • blood clot

    Phrase

    a solid mass of blood that forms inside a blood vessel

  • organ donation

    Phrase

    the act of giving an organ for a transplant

  • migrate

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    to move from one place to another, often over a long distance or at certain times of the year

  • critically

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    in a way that shows criticism or careful judgment

  • cue in

    Phrase

    to add music, sound, or other elements at the right moment in a performance or recording

  • reflex

    Word

    a quick automatic reaction to something, without thinking

  • organ donor

    Phrase

    a person who has agreed to give an organ after death for transplantation

  • long haul

    Phrase

    a long journey, especially one that takes a lot of time or effort

  • 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

  • turn on

    Phrase

    to depend on something; to be decided by something

  • differentiate

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    to see or show how two things are different

  • toddler

    Word

    a very young child, usually one who has just started walking

  • bridging

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    the act of building a bridge

  • big guy

    Phrase

    a friendly way to address a man or boy

  • salvage

    Word

    the act of saving something from loss or damage

  • stay on

    Phrase

    continue to stay in a place, job, or situation

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • defective

    Word

    not working properly or having a fault

  • lowering

    Word

    the act of making something lower or of becoming lower

  • gag

    Word

    a device or piece of cloth used to stop someone from speaking

  • narrowing

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    the process of becoming narrower

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • oversee

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    to be in charge of a project, group, or activity and make sure it runs well

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • centimeter

    Word

    a unit of length equal to one hundredth of a meter

  • mimic

    Word

    to copy the way someone speaks or acts

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