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Seinfeld S9E16: English vocabulary

Season 9, Episode 16Comedy

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  • coquettish

    Word

    showing playful flirtation

  • retch

    Word

    to make the sound and movement of vomiting, without necessarily bringing anything up

  • creasing

    Word

    the process of becoming wrinkled or folded

  • haberdasher

    Word

    a person who sells men's clothing and accessories

  • disfigurement

    Word

    the state of being badly damaged or made ugly, especially on a person's face or body

  • gonorrhea

    Word

    a sexually transmitted disease caused by bacteria

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • grafting

    Word

    the process of joining parts of two plants so they grow as one

  • urination

    Word

    the act of passing urine

  • jaundice

    Word

    a medical condition that causes the skin or the whites of the eyes to turn yellow

  • egotistical

    Word

    too proud of yourself and thinking you are better than other people

  • shalt

    Word

    an old form of shall used with thou

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  • strapping

    Word

    tall, strong, and healthy-looking

  • thumbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • buckling

    Word

    the bending or curving of something under pressure

  • peppering

    Word

    to scatter or cover something with small bits or drops

  • cirrhosis

    Word

    a serious liver disease that causes scarring and poor liver function

  • sponging

    Word

    clean something with a sponge

  • gander

    Word

    a male goose

  • oftentimes

    Word

    often; many times

  • dangle

    Word

    to hang down loosely or swing gently

  • crease

    Word

    a line or fold made by pressing or bending something

  • evener

    Word

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

  • pry

    Word

    to ask questions about someone’s private life in a way that is annoying or rude

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  • meningitis

    Word

    a serious illness that causes swelling around the brain and spinal cord

  • graft

    Word

    a piece of a plant that is joined to another plant so they grow together

  • ailment

    Word

    a minor illness or health problem

  • Hell no

    Phrase

    an emphatic, rude way of saying no

  • stuff you

    Phrase

    a rude, offensive way of telling someone to go away

  • hear things

    Phrase

    to think you are hearing sounds that are not really there

  • titanic

    Word

    extremely large, strong, or powerful

  • sizing

    Word

    a process that makes cloth stiffer and stronger by coating it with a special substance

  • tramp

    Word

    walk heavily or noisily

  • bacterial

    Word

    relating to bacteria or caused by bacteria

  • abort

    Word

    to stop something before it is finished because of a problem

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • ragged

    Word

    (of clothes or a person) old, torn, and untidy

  • speak of

    Phrase

    to indicate or suggest something

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • bossy

    Word

    too ready to tell other people what to do

  • what's good

    Phrase

    a casual greeting meaning “what’s up?

  • shaker

    Word

    a container with holes in the top, used for sprinkling salt, pepper, or sugar

  • high note

    Phrase

    the best or most successful point in something

  • that's a good one

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not believable

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • smoothing

    Word

    the process of making a surface or material smooth

  • pun

    Word

    a joke that uses a word with two meanings or two words that sound the same

  • arming

    Word

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

  • bogus

    Word

    not real, true, or honest; fake

  • lighten up

    Phrase

    to become less serious, tense, or upset

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • machining

    Word

    the process of shaping metal or other material with machine tools

  • diagnose

    Word

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

  • thou

    Word

    an old word for 'you' when speaking to one person

  • peel out

    Phrase

    to drive away very quickly from a stop, often with the tires spinning

  • quarterly

    Word

    happening or done every three months

  • lighten

    Word

    to make or become lighter in color, weight, or mood

  • premature

    Word

    happening or done too early, before the right time

  • dance around

    Phrase

    to avoid giving a direct answer or dealing with a topic directly

  • bossed

    Word

    to give someone orders in a rude or controlling way

  • put in

    Phrase

    to submit something, such as a request or application

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • sneeze

    Word

    to suddenly and involuntarily force air out through your nose and mouth

  • bumper

    Word

    the bar on the front or back of a car that helps protect it in a crash

  • penned

    Word

    wrote, especially in a formal or literary style

  • wrestle

    Word

    to struggle with someone by holding and pushing them, especially in a sport

  • lafayette

    Word

    a city in Indiana, in the United States

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • haunt

    Word

    to visit a place often

  • aspirin

    Word

    a common medicine used to reduce pain, fever, and swelling

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • back in

    Phrase

    used to talk about an earlier time in the past

  • discomfort

    Word

    a feeling of slight pain, worry, or unease

  • nausea

    Word

    a feeling that you are going to vomit

  • spotlight

    Word

    a strong, focused light that shines on one small area

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • bottled

    Word

    preserved or sold in bottles

  • mislead

    Word

    to make someone believe something that is not true or get the wrong idea about something

  • doughnut

    Word

    a sweet fried cake, often shaped like a ring

  • piles

    Word

    a large amount of something

  • back row

    Phrase

    the last row of seats in a theater, classroom, or similar place

  • buckle

    Word

    a small metal fastener used to join the ends of a belt, strap, or similar band

  • how are things

    Phrase

    a casual way of asking how someone is doing or how life is going

  • coffee machine

    Phrase

    a machine that makes coffee

  • overdose

    Word

    an amount of a drug that is too large and can be dangerous or fatal

  • what's going on

    Phrase

    an informal way to greet someone or start a casual conversation

  • no way

    Phrase

    an emphatic way of saying that something is impossible or that you strongly refuse it

  • bathing suit

    Phrase

    a piece of clothing worn for swimming

  • to go

    Phrase

    for food or drink that you buy and take away to eat or drink somewhere else

  • pull on

    Phrase

    to put on clothes by pulling them over your body

  • hey hey

    Phrase

    an informal, friendly greeting

  • have fun

    Phrase

    used to wish someone an enjoyable time

  • walk around

    Phrase

    to walk around an area without a clear purpose

  • isn't it

    Phrase

    used at the end of a statement to ask for agreement or confirmation

  • righter

    Word

    more correct or more suitable

  • mores

    Word

    the customs and accepted ways of behaving in a society or group

  • eternity

    Word

    time that never ends

  • oh no

    Phrase

    an exclamation said when something bad or surprising happens

  • put up

    Phrase

    to build or erect something

  • folder

    Word

    a flat or folded cover for keeping papers or files together

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