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Desperate Housewives S5E19: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 19MysteryDramaComedy

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  • utterer

    a person who says or speaks something

  • irreverence

    lack of respect for something that is usually treated seriously

  • sappy

    too sentimental in a way that is annoying

  • womanly

    having qualities traditionally associated with women, such as gentleness or grace

  • singsong

    a song or tune with a simple, repetitive rhythm

  • pinking

    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • electrocute

    to kill someone or something with electricity

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • cremate

    to burn a dead body to ashes, usually as part of a funeral process

  • scoff

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

  • geezer

    an old man, especially one who seems a bit strange or eccentric

  • racy

    slightly sexual or indecent in a way that is meant to attract attention

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  • comatose

    in a coma; deeply unconscious for a long time

  • welcomer

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

  • clank

    to make a sharp, hard metallic sound

  • nosing

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • rustle

    to make a soft, dry sound like leaves or paper moving

  • poling

    the act of moving a boat by pushing a pole against the bottom of the water

  • nervously

    in a nervous way

  • perceptive

    good at noticing and understanding things quickly

  • proverbial

    used to describe something that is well known or typical, often in a fixed phrase

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • ferment

    to change sugar or other substances into alcohol, gas, or acid using yeast or bacteria

  • wart

    a small, hard lump on the skin caused by a virus

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