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Desperate Housewives S1E21: English vocabulary

Season 1, Episode 21MysteryDramaComedy

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  • toweling

    a soft, absorbent fabric used for towels and bathrobes

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • heartburn

    a painful burning feeling in the chest caused by stomach acid moving up into the throat

  • forsake

    to leave someone or something and not come back

  • tranquilizer

    a medicine that helps a person or animal relax or sleep

  • innermost

    farthest inside; most deeply hidden

  • copped

    to get something, especially in a casual or slightly sneaky way

  • abler

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • fennel

    a plant with feathery leaves and yellow flowers, used in cooking

  • drool

    to let saliva run from your mouth

  • insistent

    showing that you want something done and will not easily accept no

  • dishing

    giving out or handing out something, often quickly or generously

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  • drab

    not bright, colorful, or interesting; dull and plain

  • paternity

    the fact of being a father

  • graver

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • evener

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

  • petitioning

    to formally ask an authority or organization for something

  • manicure

    a beauty treatment for the hands and fingernails

  • skied

    past tense of ski

  • petite

    small and attractively delicate, especially used about a woman

  • whine

    to complain in a high, annoying voice

  • socialize

    to spend time with other people in a friendly, relaxed way

  • pent up

    held back or not expressed

  • tripping

    moving or walking with quick, light steps

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