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Desperate Housewives S5E17: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 17MysteryDramaComedy

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  • sorrowed

    feeling or showing deep sadness, especially after a death or loss

  • obit

    a short newspaper notice about a person's death, often with a brief life story

  • hopscotch

    a children's game where players hop between numbered squares drawn on the ground

  • fleeced

    to cheat someone out of a lot of money

  • misplace

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

  • obligate

    to make someone legally or morally required to do something

  • scoff

    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • cumin

    a spice made from the seeds of a plant in the parsley family

  • flinch

    to make a quick, nervous movement because of fear, surprise, or pain

  • poach

    to cook food, especially an egg, in hot water without the shell

  • clink

    to make a light, sharp ringing sound

  • latrine

    a simple toilet, especially one used in a camp or military area

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  • nervously

    in a nervous way

  • prying

    too interested in other people's private matters

  • sizzle

    to make a hissing sound while frying or cooking

  • daze

    a state of being confused, stunned, or unable to think clearly

  • revitalize

    to make something active, strong, or successful again

  • sizzling

    hot and making a hissing sound while cooking

  • scribble

    to write or draw something quickly and carelessly

  • sympathize

    to feel sympathy for someone who is having a hard time

  • shrug

    to raise your shoulders to show that you do not know, do not care, or cannot answer

  • faxed

    to send something by fax

  • pitying

    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • coy

    pretending to be shy or modest in a way that is meant to attract attention

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