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The Simpsons S8E16: English vocabulary

Season 8, Episode 16FamilyAnimationComedy

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  • bungler

    a person who does things badly or clumsily

  • snigger

    to laugh quietly in a way that shows scorn or amusement

  • slicking

    making something smooth and glossy

  • felonious

    criminal; connected with a serious crime

  • yokel

    an unsophisticated person from the countryside

  • embezzle

    to steal money that you were trusted to manage

  • gaggle

    a group of geese on the ground or on the water

  • dynamiting

    the act of blowing something up with dynamite

  • knocker

    a metal or wooden piece on a door that you hit to make a knocking sound

  • tormenting

    causing someone to feel great pain or suffering

  • tranquillity

    a state of being calm, quiet, and peaceful

  • rummage

    to search through things in a messy or casual way

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  • gamut

    the full range or extent of something

  • smokehouse

    a building where meat or fish is smoked to preserve it

  • humbles

    to make someone feel less proud or less important

  • buffoon

    a foolish or ridiculous person

  • arraignment

    a court hearing where a person is formally told the criminal charge against them and asked to respond

  • concoct

    to make something by mixing different ingredients

  • hounding

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

  • diabolical

    extremely evil or cruel

  • homicidal

    wanting to kill someone or related to killing a person

  • entitle

    to give someone the right to have or do something

  • butchering

    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

  • fiend

    a very bad or cruel person

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