impotently
in a helpless or powerless way
Episode vocabulary
House S6E9: English vocabulary
Season 6, Episode 9Drama
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bulla
a seal or official mark attached to a document, especially a papal one
marinate
to soak food in a seasoned liquid before cooking it
kiddy
a child; a kid
lactic
relating to milk or milk products
quibble
to argue about a small or unimportant detail
fornication
sexual intercourse between people who are not married to each other
riddling
hard to understand; mysterious or puzzling
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
diatribe
a long, angry speech or piece of writing that strongly criticizes someone or something
defile
to make something dirty, impure, or morally bad
outbid
to offer more money than someone else in an auction or other bidding situation
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anagram
a word or phrase made by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase
reek
to smell very bad
ooze
to flow out slowly in a thick or sticky way
gobble
to eat something quickly and noisily
carpeting
carpet material used to cover a floor
peppering
to scatter or cover something with small bits or drops
innocuous
not harmful or offensive
ethically
in a morally right or acceptable way
clouding
the act or process of becoming less clear or transparent
delirium
a serious confused state of mind, often caused by illness or fever
deflection
the act of changing direction away from a straight path, or the amount of that change
recurrence
the fact of happening again