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Modern Family S6E21: English vocabulary

Season 6, Episode 21Comedy

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  • swaggerer

    a person who behaves in a very confident, showy, and often arrogant way

  • stevedore

    a person who loads and unloads cargo on ships at a dock

  • mope

    to spend time feeling sad, bored, or sorry for yourself

  • pedicure

    a beauty treatment for the feet and toenails

  • cleat

    a metal fitting on a boat or dock that a rope is tied to

  • puncher

    a tool used for making holes in paper or other thin material

  • pinking

    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • throb

    to beat or move with a strong, regular rhythm

  • bushel

    a unit used for measuring dry goods, especially grain or fruit

  • leavings

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

  • drawbridge

    a bridge that can be raised or lowered to let people or vehicles pass

  • exhilarate

    to make someone feel very excited, happy, or full of energy

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  • outgrow

    to become too big for something, especially clothes or shoes

  • implore

    to beg someone strongly and sincerely to do something

  • criminally

    in a way that is extremely bad or excessive

  • awning

    a cover fixed above a window, door, or shopfront to give shade or shelter from rain

  • swagger

    a confident, often slightly arrogant way of walking or behaving

  • nudge

    to push or touch someone or something gently

  • fetal

    relating to a fetus

  • pitying

    showing pity in a way that can seem a little superior

  • wasteful

    using too much of something valuable, especially money, time, or food

  • plunger

    a tool with a rubber cup on a handle, used to clear blocked drains or toilets

  • clog

    to block a pipe, drain, or other passage so that nothing can flow through it

  • conceivable

    able to be imagined or thought possible

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