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Grey's Anatomy S17E8: English vocabulary

Season 17, Episode 8Drama

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  • impermanence

    the fact that things do not last forever or stay the same

  • febrile

    relating to a fever or a feverish illness

  • stomaching

    the present participle of stomach

  • pensive

    quietly thoughtful, often in a slightly sad or reflective way

  • dibs

    a claim to something, especially when people say they want it first

  • pinking

    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

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    in a way that shows how words are pronounced

  • enrage

    to make someone extremely angry

  • aortic

    relating to the aorta, the main artery from the heart

  • leavings

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

  • reek

    to smell very bad

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  • insatiable

    impossible to satisfy; always wanting more

  • droplet

    a very small drop of liquid

  • disinfect

    to clean something with a chemical that kills germs

  • tuft

    a small bunch of hair, feathers, grass, or similar material

  • catheter

    a thin tube put into the body to remove or add fluid

  • sedation

    the use of sedative drugs to make someone calm or sleepy

  • murmuring

    a soft, low, continuous sound

  • hogging

    to take or use more than your fair share of something

  • ejection

    the act of forcing someone to leave a place or group

  • abscess

    a painful swollen area in the body that contains pus

  • wean

    to stop a baby or young animal from drinking milk and start giving other food

  • yom

    the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur

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