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Grey's Anatomy S5E19: English vocabulary

Season 5, Episode 19Drama

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  • blowhole

    Word

    the hole on top of a whale or dolphin's head that it uses to breathe

  • irradiate

    Word

    to expose to radiation

  • pinking

    Word

    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • pithy

    Word

    short, clear, and full of meaning

  • rectal

    Word

    relating to the rectum, the lower part of the large intestine

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • shiner

    Word

    a black eye

  • grafting

    Word

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

  • wrecker

    Word

    a tow truck

  • enema

    Word

    a liquid treatment put into the rectum to help empty the bowels

  • bayed

    Word

    to make a long, loud cry, especially like a hound

  • reconstructive

    Word

    used for repairing or rebuilding body parts after injury or illness

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  • botch

    Word

    to do something badly or carelessly

  • ooze

    Word

    to flow out slowly in a thick or sticky way

  • nosing

    Word

    the front edge of a step or stair

  • melanoma

    Word

    a serious type of skin cancer

  • redress

    Word

    to correct or improve a bad or unfair situation

  • abscess

    Word

    a painful swollen area in the body that contains pus

  • batty

    Word

    slightly crazy or strange in a funny or harmless way

  • cringe

    Word

    to feel embarrassed or uncomfortable, often because something is awkward or unpleasant

  • scalpel

    Word

    a small sharp knife used by doctors in surgery

  • sully

    Word

    to damage the good name or purity of something

  • malpractice

    Word

    bad or careless professional treatment, especially by a doctor

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • hernia

    Word

    a medical condition in which an organ pushes through a weak place in the muscle or tissue around it

  • dissection

    Word

    the act of cutting open a body or plant to study its parts

  • ugliness

    Word

    the quality of being ugly or unpleasant to look at

  • stitching

    Word

    the sewing of stitches, especially as a visible part of a garment

  • evener

    Word

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

  • disintegrate

    Word

    to break into small pieces or parts

  • graft

    Word

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

  • incision

    Word

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

  • nugget

    Word

    a small lump of gold or another precious metal found in the ground

  • piece of meat

    Phrase

    a vulgar slang word for the penis

  • hateful

    Word

    showing hate or strong dislike

  • congratulation

    Word

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

  • hard on

    Phrase

    A strong sexual desire for someone

  • freaking

    Word

    used to add emphasis, especially in informal speech

  • gassing

    Word

    to talk in a casual, lively way

  • go there

    Phrase

    used to say something that is bold, rude, or about a taboo topic

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • look on

    Phrase

    to think of someone or something in a particular way

  • walk down

    Phrase

    to keep moving toward an opponent and keep attacking them in a fight

  • tenderness

    Word

    gentle kindness or affection

  • suicidal

    Word

    having thoughts of killing yourself

  • profiling

    Word

    the practice of analyzing people or data to predict behavior or group people by characteristics

  • scrubbed

    Word

    cleaned thoroughly by rubbing

  • why in God's name

    Phrase

    used to show strong surprise, anger, or frustration when asking why

  • excite

    Word

    to make someone feel excited and eager

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • blood thinner

    Phrase

    a medicine that prevents blood from clotting too easily

  • orchid

    Word

    a plant with large, colorful, often unusual-looking flowers

  • dub

    Word

    to give someone or something an unofficial name or title

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • residency

    Word

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

  • back out

    Phrase

    to decide not to do something you had agreed or planned to do

  • finish with

    Phrase

    to end a romantic relationship with someone

  • get up in

    Phrase

    to interfere in someone else's business or get involved in something that is not your concern

  • ring in

    Phrase

    to celebrate the start of something, especially a new year or season

  • shake up

    Phrase

    to upset or disturb someone badly

  • big league

    Phrase

    the highest level of professional sport

  • under control

    Phrase

    in a situation where something is being controlled or is no longer causing trouble

  • sneak peek

    Phrase

    a quick look at something before it is officially shown or released

  • thinner

    Word

    a liquid used to make paint or other coatings thinner

  • dead on

    Phrase

    exactly right; very accurate

  • get in there

    Phrase

    used to show approval or encouragement

  • the heck

    Phrase

    used in questions for emphasis, often to show surprise, anger, or impatience

  • microscope

    Word

    a device that makes very small objects look much bigger

  • mortality

    Word

    the fact that all living things eventually die

  • 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

  • vomit up

    Phrase

    to vomit something out

  • pitted

    Word

    having many small holes or dents on the surface

  • have nots

    Phrase

    people who have little money or wealth

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • yang

    Word

    in Chinese philosophy, one of the two opposite forces in the universe, linked with darkness, passivity, and the moon

  • say what

    Phrase

    a casual way of saying you didn’t hear or understand something, or that you’re surprised by it

  • get through

    Phrase

    to manage to deal with or survive something difficult

  • drunk driver

    Phrase

    a person who drives while drunk

  • wrecking

    Word

    the act of destroying something or causing serious damage

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • work on

    Phrase

    to spend time and effort improving or dealing with something

  • take over

    Phrase

    to take control of something or start doing a job that someone else was doing

  • pierced

    Word

    past tense and past participle of pierce

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

  • internally

    Word

    in your mind or feelings, rather than in a way that others can see

  • on tour

    Phrase

    being away from home and travelling to perform in a series of shows or events

  • abdomen

    Word

    the lower part of the body between the chest and the hips

  • incompetent

    Word

    not having the skills or ability needed to do something well

  • wiring

    Word

    the wires in a building, vehicle, or machine, or the system they form

  • peek

    Word

    to look quickly, especially secretly or from a hidden place

  • kind of

    Phrase

    to some extent; fairly

  • pass gas

    Phrase

    to release gas from the body through the anus

  • flap

    Word

    move up and down or back and forth quickly

  • deficit

    Word

    the amount by which something is too small, especially money

  • underlying

    Word

    present but not obvious; forming the hidden cause or basis of something

  • subtitle

    Word

    the words shown at the bottom of a screen that translate or show what people are saying

  • ethic

    Word

    a set of moral principles or values

  • console

    Word

    to comfort someone who is sad or upset

  • ringed

    Word

    having a ring or rings around it

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