longingly
in a way that shows strong longing or desire
Episode vocabulary
House S8E18: English vocabulary
Season 8, Episode 18Drama
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androgyny
the quality of having both masculine and feminine characteristics
preen
to clean and arrange your feathers with your beak
supine
lying on your back, face up
abhorrent
causing strong disgust or moral dislike
egotism
too much pride in yourself and your own importance
hocus
a trick or bit of nonsense, especially in the phrase 'hocus-pocus
diffused
spread out so it is not concentrated in one place
levitate
to make something rise and hover in the air, especially by magic or special power
illusory
not real; based on illusion or false appearance
zealot
a person who is extremely and often unreasonably devoted to a belief or cause
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
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obstructive
causing an obstruction or making it hard for something to move or pass through
clotted
thickened into a solid mass or lumps
middling
average or only fairly good, not excellent
enema
a liquid treatment put into the rectum to help empty the bowels
naturalization
the process of becoming a citizen of a country
dismember
to cut a body into pieces
carotid
either of the two main arteries that carry blood to the head and neck
sulk
to sit or stay somewhere in a bad mood because you are annoyed or disappointed
exacerbate
to make a problem, bad situation, or feeling worse
muscling
the use of force or pressure to get something
hag
an ugly old woman, especially one imagined as a witch
nosing
the front edge of a step or stair