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Grey's Anatomy S17E5: English vocabulary

Season 17, Episode 5Drama

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  • upas

    Word

    a tropical tree whose sap is very poisonous

  • efface

    Word

    to erase or remove something completely

  • friable

    Word

    easily broken into small pieces or powdery bits

  • scald

    Word

    to burn or injure with very hot liquid or steam

  • disorient

    Word

    to make someone lose their sense of direction

  • palliative

    Word

    something that eases pain or makes a difficult situation less severe, without fixing the cause

  • welcomer

    Word

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

  • agitate

    Word

    to make someone feel worried or upset

  • incoherent

    Word

    hard to understand because it is confused or badly expressed

  • symptomatic

    Word

    showing symptoms of a disease or condition

  • silvering

    Word

    the process of turning silver in color

  • dilate

    Word

    to make something wider or more open, or become wider or more open

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  • paralyze

    Word

    to make a person or part of the body unable to move

  • delirium

    Word

    a serious confused state of mind, often caused by illness or fever

  • precarious

    Word

    not safe or steady and likely to fail, fall, or change suddenly

  • abscess

    Word

    a painful swollen area in the body that contains pus

  • sponging

    Word

    clean something with a sponge

  • fluke

    Word

    a lucky result that seems unlikely or accidental

  • dialysis

    Word

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

  • sepsis

    Word

    a serious medical condition caused by the body's extreme response to an infection

  • neurology

    Word

    the branch of medicine that deals with the brain, nerves, and nervous system

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • lucid

    Word

    clear and easy to understand; expressed in a clear way

  • certify

    Word

    to officially say or prove that something is true, correct, or acceptable

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  • blanketing

    Word

    covering something completely, especially with a layer of snow, smoke, or other material

  • dangle

    Word

    to hang down loosely or swing gently

  • braving

    Word

    while facing something difficult or dangerous bravely

  • nameless

    Word

    having no name; not identified by name

  • evener

    Word

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

  • disintegrate

    Word

    to break into small pieces or parts

  • necking

    Word

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • lapping

    Word

    moving gently against something with a soft, light sound

  • stroking

    Word

    the act of gently rubbing or stroking something

  • hurtful

    Word

    causing emotional pain or upset

  • blob

    Word

    a small shapeless mass or lump

  • orgasm

    Word

    the moment when sexual pleasure reaches its strongest point

  • infiltrate

    Word

    to enter a place, organization, or group secretly in order to get information or cause harm

  • inched

    Word

    to move very slowly and carefully in a particular direction

  • compute

    Word

    to calculate a number or amount

  • systemic

    Word

    affecting an entire system, not just one part

  • lesion

    Word

    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • vascular

    Word

    relating to blood vessels

  • coherent

    Word

    clear and logical, so that ideas fit together well

  • suction

    Word

    the act of drawing air or liquid in by creating a partial vacuum

  • depress

    Word

    to make someone feel very sad, discouraged, or hopeless

  • horrific

    Word

    extremely shocking, violent, or upsetting

  • even as

    Phrase

    at the same time that something else is happening

  • erode

    Word

    to wear away or slowly destroy something over time

  • go outside

    Phrase

    a rude way of telling someone to stop arguing online and go out into the real world

  • white lady

    Phrase

    a ghostly woman said to appear in white clothes

  • unheard

    Word

    not heard or not listened to

  • wildfire

    Word

    a large fire in the wild that spreads quickly and is hard to control

  • can wait

    Phrase

    a sarcastic way of saying someone does not have to wait

  • sterile

    Word

    free from germs or other living microorganisms

  • fives

    Word

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

  • cut the cord

    Phrase

    to become independent from your parents

  • fall in

    Phrase

    to move into position in a line or formation, especially in the military

  • complicate

    Word

    to make something more difficult or harder to understand

  • fall back

    Phrase

    move back to a safer place

  • caption

    Word

    a short text that explains a picture or photo

  • contraction

    Word

    the process of becoming smaller or shorter, or of squeezing together

  • defy

    Word

    to openly refuse to obey or accept something

  • dementia

    Word

    a serious illness that slowly damages the brain and causes problems with memory and thinking

  • small wonder

    Phrase

    used to say that something is not surprising

  • hold the phone

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop and pay attention because you have noticed something surprising or important

  • napping

    Word

    to sleep for a short time, especially during the day

  • paneling

    Word

    wooden boards or panels used to cover a wall

  • hover

    Word

    to stay in one place in the air

  • arming

    Word

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

  • dane

    Word

    a person from Denmark

  • dignified

    Word

    calm, serious, and worthy of respect

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • frown

    Word

    a facial expression in which you pull your eyebrows together, often because you are annoyed, worried, or thinking hard

  • invincible

    Word

    impossible to defeat or overcome

  • 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

  • rescue mission

    Phrase

    an operation to rescue people from danger

  • settle on

    Phrase

    to choose something after thinking about different options

  • sponge bath

    Phrase

    a wash in which someone cleans the body with a sponge or washcloth instead of taking a bath

  • good spirits

    Phrase

    a cheerful or positive mood

  • disrespectful

    Word

    showing a lack of respect; rude or impolite

  • persecution

    Word

    cruel treatment of people because of their race, religion, politics, or beliefs

  • imminent

    Word

    likely to happen very soon

  • respectful

    Word

    showing respect for other people and their feelings, rights, or opinions

  • push through

    Phrase

    to keep going and finish something difficult

  • reflex

    Word

    a quick automatic reaction to something, without thinking

  • inflammation

    Word

    swelling, redness, heat, and pain in part of the body, often caused by injury or infection

  • clamp

    Word

    a device used to hold two things tightly together

  • lullaby

    Word

    a quiet, gentle song sung to help a child fall asleep

  • greatness

    Word

    the quality of being very successful, admired, or important

  • maneuver

    Word

    to move carefully or skillfully through a difficult place or situation

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • check up on

    Phrase

    to visit or contact someone to see how they are doing

  • reinforcement

    Word

    the act of making something stronger or more effective

  • underestimate

    Word

    to think that something is less important, serious, or valuable than it really is

  • cut out

    Phrase

    cut out of a piece of material or paper

  • like crazy

    Phrase

    very much; to an extreme degree

  • back up

    Phrase

    to support a claim with facts or proof

  • salvage

    Word

    the act of saving something from loss or damage

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

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