neckerchief
a small piece of cloth worn around the neck
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Desperate Housewives S1E8: English vocabulary
Season 1, Episode 8MysteryDramaComedy
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judiciously
in a careful and sensible way
toweling
a soft, absorbent fabric used for towels and bathrobes
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
debauchery
wild and immoral behavior, especially involving drinking and sex
enormity
the great size or seriousness of something, especially something bad
motherless
having no mother
obligate
to make someone legally or morally required to do something
wading
walking through water or another wet, muddy, or thick substance with effort
impoverish
to make a person, group, or area poor
doze
to sleep lightly for a short time, especially when you are not fully asleep
leavings
things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished
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babble
to talk quickly and continuously in a confused or silly way
devastate
to destroy something badly or cause it to fail completely
wad
a small lump or ball of something
transgression
an act of breaking a law, rule, or moral code
sponging
clean something with a sponge
taut
pulled or stretched tight; not loose
lassie
a girl or young woman
abler
more able or skilled than someone or something else
incomprehensible
impossible or very hard to understand
elude
to escape from someone or something, especially by being clever or quick
infestation
the presence of a large number of harmful insects or animals in a place
realistically
in a sensible way that is based on what is actually possible