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24 S8E5: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 5Action & AdventureDramaCrime

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  • blubbering

    crying loudly and uncontrollably

  • cauterize

    to burn a wound with heat to stop bleeding

  • whet

    sharpen the blade of a tool or weapon

  • grovel

    to act in a very humble, desperate, or self-abasing way, especially to get forgiveness or favor

  • sweepings

    bits of dirt, dust, and other small waste collected when you sweep a floor

  • renege

    to fail to keep a promise, agreement, or duty

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • scoff

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

  • thumbed

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • butchering

    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

  • conspire

    to secretly plan with other people to do something illegal or harmful

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

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  • sizzling

    hot and making a hissing sound while cooking

  • squeal

    to make a long, high-pitched cry or noise

  • honk

    to make a loud, harsh sound with a horn or voice

  • evener

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

  • hepatitis

    a disease that causes inflammation of the liver

  • cocking

    the act of pulling back a gun’s hammer or firing mechanism

  • shuttered

    closed and no longer open for business

  • groan

    to make a deep sound because of pain, sadness, or tiredness

  • obsess

    to fill someone's mind so much that they cannot think about much else

  • screech

    a loud, harsh, high-pitched sound

  • touchy

    easily upset or offended

  • smuggle

    to move goods secretly across a border or into a country illegally

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