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Grey's Anatomy S9E2: English vocabulary

Season 9, Episode 2Drama

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  • gnarled

    Word

    rough, twisted, and covered with knots, especially because of age

  • prehensile

    Word

    able to grasp or hold things, especially by wrapping around them

  • condescend

    Word

    to act in a way that shows you think you are better than someone else

  • atrophied

    Word

    having wasted away or become smaller because of illness, age, or lack of use

  • lactate

    Word

    to produce milk

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • grafting

    Word

    the process of joining parts of two plants so they grow as one

  • recur

    Word

    to happen again, especially regularly

  • resuscitate

    Word

    to bring someone back to consciousness or life, especially by medical treatment

  • augmentation

    Word

    the process of making something larger or greater in amount

  • precipice

    Word

    a very steep cliff or rock face

  • leavings

    Word

    things that are left over after something is used, eaten, or finished

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  • infarction

    Word

    a place in an organ or tissue where blood flow is blocked and the tissue dies

  • muscling

    Word

    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • idolize

    Word

    to admire someone so much that you think they are almost perfect

  • atrophy

    Word

    a gradual wasting away or weakening, especially from lack of use

  • wean

    Word

    to stop a baby or young animal from drinking milk and start giving other food

  • septic

    Word

    infected with bacteria, especially causing pus or decay

  • pegging

    Word

    the act of fastening something with pegs or stakes

  • thoughtless

    Word

    not thinking about other people’s feelings or needs

  • sedate

    Word

    calm, quiet, and not lively

  • psychosis

    Word

    a serious mental illness that can cause a person to lose touch with reality

  • irrigate

    Word

    to supply water to land or crops, especially through pipes or channels

  • sinus

    Word

    one of the air-filled spaces in the bones around the nose and eyes

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  • dissect

    Word

    to cut open a body, plant, or animal in order to study its parts

  • evener

    Word

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

  • intestinal

    Word

    relating to the intestines

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • supplemental

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    added to something to make it more complete or useful

  • prosthetic

    Word

    relating to an artificial body part

  • withhold

    Word

    to deliberately not give something that someone expects or has a right to receive

  • graft

    Word

    a piece of a plant that is joined to another plant so they grow together

  • invaluable

    Word

    so useful or valuable that you could not manage without it

  • chunky

    Word

    thick and rounded, with large pieces or parts

  • amputation

    Word

    the surgical removal of part of the body, especially a limb

  • carding

    Word

    the process of combing and separating wool or other fibers

  • reactive

    Word

    reacting quickly to a change or stimulus

  • deteriorate

    Word

    to become worse in quality, condition, or value

  • epiphany

    Word

    a sudden moment of understanding or realization

  • in the business of

    Phrase

    used to say that someone is deeply involved in a bad or unwanted activity

  • suction

    Word

    the act of drawing air or liquid in by creating a partial vacuum

  • lac

    Word

    a sticky resin used to make varnish or a wood finish

  • save it

    Phrase

    used to tell someone to stop talking or stop making excuses

  • dehydration

    Word

    the condition of having lost too much water

  • freaking

    Word

    used to add emphasis, especially in informal speech

  • kill me

    Phrase

    a rude, exaggerated way of saying you are very annoyed or frustrated

  • yahoo

    Word

    a loud, rude, or wild person

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • growl

    Word

    to make a low, rough sound, especially in anger or warning

  • fives

    Word

    a game in which a player or side must reach five points before the other side does

  • shotted

    Word

    past tense and past participle of shoot

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • back into

    Phrase

    to end up in a situation by accident or because of circumstances

  • crash cart

    Phrase

    a cart in a hospital that carries emergency equipment and medicine

  • time in

    Phrase

    to record that you have started work or a shift

  • crayon

    Word

    a small stick of colored wax used for drawing or coloring

  • roasting

    Word

    the process of cooking food in an oven or over a fire

  • revise

    Word

    to change something after thinking about it again or getting new information

  • cut off

    Phrase

    separated from the rest by cutting

  • people person

    Phrase

    a person who is good at talking to and working with other people

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • my man

    Phrase

    a friendly way to address a man or show approval or excitement

  • don't give me that

    Phrase

    an informal way to say that you do not believe what someone has said

  • sounder

    Word

    a group of wild boars

  • no place

    Phrase

    used to say that something does not belong in a place or situation

  • take that

    Phrase

    used to say you have won or beaten someone

  • surgical procedure

    Phrase

    a medical operation done to treat an injury or illness

  • peg leg

    Phrase

    A wooden or artificial leg

  • twinned

    Word

    officially linked with another town, city, or organization

  • diminish

    Word

    to make something smaller, weaker, or less important

  • pissed off

    Phrase

    very angry or annoyed

  • bouncing

    Word

    moving up and down repeatedly

  • come along

    Phrase

    to appear or happen, especially by chance

  • sleep on

    Phrase

    to wait until the next day before deciding something

  • trade in

    Phrase

    to give an old item to a store as part of the payment for a new one

  • see after

    Phrase

    to take care of someone, especially by watching over them

  • cafeteria

    Word

    a place where people choose food from a counter and pay before eating

  • puke

    Word

    to vomit

  • framing

    Word

    the way something is presented so that people understand it in a particular way

  • like that

    Phrase

    used to refer to something similar to the thing just mentioned

  • postpone

    Word

    to change a planned event or action to a later time

  • deserving

    Word

    deserving praise, help, or respect

  • live for

    Phrase

    to care about something so much that it gives you energy or purpose

  • look back

    Phrase

    to think about the past, or about what happened before

  • run up

    Phrase

    to make something increase or build up, especially a debt or a score

  • serum

    Word

    a clear liquid in blood or in some medicines and beauty products

  • restraint

    Word

    the act of controlling yourself and not reacting too strongly

  • get over

    Phrase

    to recover from an illness, shock, or painful experience

  • prostitute

    Word

    a person who has sex for money

  • do not want

    Phrase

    used to say that you strongly dislike or reject something

  • curing

    Word

    the process of preserving food by salting, drying, or smoking

  • the way

    Phrase

    as; in the same way that

  • yang

    Word

    in Chinese philosophy, one of the two opposite forces in the universe, linked with darkness, passivity, and the moon

  • now now

    Phrase

    a mild way of telling someone to calm down or stop arguing

  • exhaustion

    Word

    a state of being extremely tired

  • time frame

    Phrase

    a period of time allowed for something to happen or be completed

  • dirty joke

    Phrase

    a joke that is about sex or other rude subjects

  • in tears

    Phrase

    so upset or moved that you are crying

  • bedded

    Word

    past tense and past participle of bed

  • sneaking

    Word

    done in a quiet, secret way

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