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The Simpsons S3E8: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 8FamilyAnimationComedy

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  • bellyache

    a complaint or grumble, especially one that is repeated a lot

  • trenchant

    sharp, forceful, and effective, especially in speech or writing

  • slewed

    past tense and past participle of slew

  • chicanery

    dishonest or sneaky behavior used to get what you want, especially in politics or business

  • snugly

    in a close, comfortable, and secure way

  • freakish

    very strange or unusual, often in a surprising or unpleasant way

  • usury

    the practice of lending money at very high interest rates, especially illegally

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • nestle

    to settle or lie comfortably in a place or against something

  • patrician

    a person of high social rank or noble family

  • bask

    to relax in warmth or sunlight

  • hounding

    to keep bothering someone again and again, especially by following or questioning them

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  • thumbed

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • receptacle

    a container or holder for something

  • angling

    the sport or hobby of fishing with a rod and line

  • stringent

    very strict and exact, especially about rules or requirements

  • impersonate

    pretend to be someone else, often to trick people or for entertainment

  • gopher

    a small burrowing rodent that lives in North and Central America

  • wacky

    funny or unusual in a slightly odd way

  • graver

    a small tool used for engraving or carving hard material

  • stabling

    the act of keeping horses in stables

  • evener

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

  • oboe

    a woodwind instrument with a thin double reed

  • fruity

    having a taste or smell like fruit

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