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House S3E13: English vocabulary

Season 3, Episode 13Drama

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  • crampon

    Word

    a metal frame with spikes that you attach to boots for walking on ice or climbing on rock

  • sutured

    Word

    closed with stitches

  • bleeder

    Word

    a person who bleeds easily or a lot

  • writhe

    Word

    to twist or squirm because of pain, fear, or discomfort

  • putrid

    Word

    rotting and giving off a very bad smell

  • truant

    Word

    a student who stays away from school without permission

  • gyp

    Word

    a swindle or a cheat

  • sputum

    Word

    mucus or phlegm that is coughed up from the lungs or airways

  • effusion

    Word

    a flow or release of something, especially liquid

  • ulna

    Word

    the thinner of the two bones in the forearm, on the side of the little finger

  • stomaching

    Word

    the present participle of stomach

  • demean

    Word

    to make someone feel less important or respected

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  • spunk

    Word

    courage, confidence, or determination

  • corrode

    Word

    to slowly damage or destroy something by chemical action

  • lactate

    Word

    to produce milk

  • worser

    Word

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • clotted

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    thickened into a solid mass or lumps

  • magnify

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    to make something look larger, especially with a lens or microscope

  • leavings

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

  • muscling

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    the use of force or pressure to get something

  • constrict

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    to make something narrower or tighter by squeezing it

  • follicle

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    a small sac or tube in the body where something grows or is stored

  • thumbed

    Word

    past tense and past participle of thumb through

  • mnemonic

    Word

    a memory aid, such as a word, phrase, or pattern that helps you remember something

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  • catheter

    Word

    a thin tube put into the body to remove or add fluid

  • circulatory

    Word

    relating to the movement of blood through the body

  • cirrhosis

    Word

    a serious liver disease that causes scarring and poor liver function

  • admittance

    Word

    permission to enter a place

  • stipulate

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    to state or require something as part of an agreement

  • prizing

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    to value something very highly

  • dyeing

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    the process of coloring fabric or other materials

  • gopher

    Word

    a small burrowing rodent that lives in North and Central America

  • shredding

    Word

    the act of cutting or tearing something into small pieces

  • mistreat

    Word

    to treat someone or something badly or cruelly

  • abler

    Word

    more able or skilled than someone or something else

  • modulation

    Word

    the process of changing the pitch, key, or tone of a sound

  • enslave

    Word

    to make someone a slave, or force people to work without freedom

  • bolting

    Word

    running away suddenly and quickly

  • diffusion

    Word

    the spread of something through an area or group

  • vantage

    Word

    a place or position that gives you a good view of something

  • suture

    Word

    a stitch used to close a wound or surgical cut

  • haystack

    Word

    a pile of hay

  • evener

    Word

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

  • unclean

    Word

    dirty, contaminated, or not clean

  • anvil

    Word

    a heavy metal block used for shaping hot metal

  • boning

    Word

    the process of removing bones from meat or fish

  • squeak

    Word

    to make a short, high-pitched sound

  • syringe

    Word

    a medical tool used to inject or remove liquid

  • nodding

    Word

    slightly moving the head up and down, usually to show agreement or acknowledgment

  • toothpick

    Word

    a small pointed stick used for removing bits of food from between the teeth

  • spleen

    Word

    an organ in the body that helps clean the blood and fight infection

  • lotion

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    a liquid or cream you put on your skin to make it softer or treat it

  • logics

    Word

    the study of correct reasoning

  • toxin

    Word

    a poisonous substance produced by a living thing, especially bacteria

  • clot

    Word

    a thick mass of blood or another liquid that has become partly solid

  • ostrich

    Word

    a large bird that cannot fly, with a long neck and long legs

  • ruptured

    Word

    damaged so badly that it has split open or torn

  • saline

    Word

    containing salt or tasting like salt

  • logically

    Word

    in a way that follows clear reasoning and makes sense

  • keyed

    Word

    locked with a key

  • when it's at home

    Phrase

    used to ask what something really means or is, especially in British English

  • Last Day

    Phrase

    the day when God judges everyone, according to Christian belief

  • ahead of the curve

    Phrase

    being more advanced or successful than others

  • irritation

    Word

    a feeling of being annoyed or angry

  • lesion

    Word

    an area of damaged tissue in the body caused by injury or disease

  • morgue

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    a place where dead bodies are kept until they are identified or examined

  • butting

    Word

    to hit or push with the head or horns

  • erode

    Word

    to wear away or slowly destroy something over time

  • have no right

    Phrase

    to have no moral or legal permission to do something

  • get it in

    Phrase

    to have sex

  • inhuman

    Word

    cruel and lacking human kindness or compassion

  • plugging

    Word

    the act of sealing a hole or gap

  • sex drug

    Phrase

    a drug used to help with sexual performance, especially for erectile dysfunction

  • potting

    Word

    the act of putting a plant into a pot or container

  • reasonable person

    Phrase

    a legal standard meaning an ordinary careful person

  • shred

    Word

    to cut or tear something into small pieces

  • scarring

    Word

    the process of forming scars as a wound heals

  • cripple

    Word

    to seriously damage or weaken something

  • wheeling

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    the act of moving something on wheels

  • fives

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

  • pulmonary

    Word

    relating to the lungs

  • tabling

    Word

    the act of postponing a proposal or motion for later discussion

  • rip to shreds

    Phrase

    to criticize something very strongly

  • suppression

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    the act of stopping or controlling something, especially forcefully or by authority

  • antibody

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    a protein in the blood that helps the body fight infection

  • forearm

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    the part of your arm between the elbow and the wrist

  • furnish

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    to put furniture and other items into a room or house

  • adverse

    Word

    harmful or unfavorable

  • bladder

    Word

    an organ that stores urine before it leaves the body

  • desperation

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    a feeling of hopelessness, often when you think a situation cannot improve

  • gunning

    Word

    to shoot and kill someone with a gun

  • bowel

    Word

    the intestines

  • get ahead of

    Phrase

    to deal with a problem before it gets worse

  • worse off

    Phrase

    in a worse financial or living situation than before

  • os

    Word

    a hard part inside the body of a person or animal

  • find out

    Phrase

    to discover or learn something, especially by asking or checking

  • differential

    Word

    showing or based on a difference

  • way out

    Phrase

    far away; at a great distance

  • arming

    Word

    the act of giving weapons to people or preparing them for fighting

  • downstream

    Word

    in the direction that a river or stream flows

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