connive
to secretly help or allow something wrong or illegal to happen
Episode vocabulary
Columbo S2E4: English vocabulary
Season 2, Episode 4CrimeDramaMystery
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multitudinous
existing in very large numbers; numerous
duffer
a person who is bad at a particular activity, especially golf
disrobe
to take off your clothes
ghoulish
strange and unpleasant in a way that suggests death, horror, or the supernatural
wherewithal
the money or other means needed to do something
costumer
a person who makes or supplies costumes for a play, film, or event
disembowel
to cut open a person or animal and remove the organs inside
stubbed
past tense and past participle of stub
ingenue
a young woman who is innocent and inexperienced, especially in a play or film
hysteric
a person who is very emotional or reacts in an exaggerated way
appall
to shock or disgust someone deeply
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boudoir
a woman's private bedroom or sitting room
nightcap
a drink, especially an alcoholic one, taken before going to bed
catacomb
an underground burial place with tunnels and rooms for tombs
constancy
the quality of staying the same or continuing without change
sinker
a small weight used to sink a fishing line in water
impressionable
easily influenced by other people or by what happens around you
muff
a tube of fur or other warm material that you put your hands into to keep them warm
purplish
slightly purple in color
wallop
to hit something hard, often with a single strong blow
londoner
a person who lives in London
doubly
to a greater degree; in two ways or for two reasons
rosewood
a hard, dark wood used for furniture and musical instruments