thumbscrew
a screw with a wide head that you can turn by hand
Episode vocabulary
House S8E11: English vocabulary
Season 8, Episode 11Drama
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misanthropic
disliking people and preferring to avoid them
fixable
able to be fixed or repaired
sutured
closed with stitches
brazenly
in a bold and shameless way
disservice
an action that harms someone or fails to help when help is needed
exorcise
to drive out an evil spirit by religious means
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
clotted
thickened into a solid mass or lumps
exonerate
to officially say that someone is not guilty of a crime or blame
revocation
the official cancellation of a license, permission, or decision
therapeutics
the study of how medicines and other treatments help treat disease
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treatable
able to be treated successfully with medicine or other care
carotid
either of the two main arteries that carry blood to the head and neck
cancerous
affected by cancer, or made of cancer cells
silvering
the process of turning silver in color
muscling
the use of force or pressure to get something
laceration
a deep cut or tear in the skin
ventricle
one of the two lower chambers of the heart that pump blood out of the heart
mushy
soft and wet in a way that is not firm
paralyze
to make a person or part of the body unable to move
variability
the fact that something changes or can be different
aorta
the main artery that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body