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Columbo S10E5: English vocabulary

Season 10, Episode 5CrimeDramaMystery

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  • moonstruck

    very dreamy, romantic, or slightly confused

  • magnifier

    a lens or device used to make small things look larger

  • perspire

    to sweat

  • moonbeam

    a ray of moonlight

  • skittish

    easily frightened and quick to move or react

  • fount

    a source of something good or useful

  • disheveled

    untidy and messy, especially because hair or clothes are not neat

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • chambermaid

    a hotel worker who cleans and tidies guest rooms

  • headfirst

    with the head first and the body following

  • yonder

    at or to that place; over there

  • wading

    walking through water or another wet, muddy, or thick substance with effort

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  • tubby

    slightly fat in a cute or pleasant way

  • conclave

    a private meeting, especially one held in secret

  • chloroform

    a colorless liquid once used as an anesthetic and sometimes as a solvent

  • mooned

    to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult

  • gloat

    to feel or show smug pleasure about your own success or someone else's failure

  • welcomer

    a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers

  • magnify

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

  • leavings

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

  • pomona

    the Roman goddess of fruit trees and gardens

  • squawk

    to make a loud, harsh sound

  • fingered

    to touch or move something with your fingers

  • wad

    a small lump or ball of something

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