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Desperate Housewives S4E2: English vocabulary

Season 4, Episode 2MysteryDramaComedy

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  • coffeepot

    a pot or container used for brewing or serving coffee

  • whir

    to make a low, steady sound like a small machine or insect

  • jigging

    move with quick, jerky up-and-down movements

  • neighborly

    friendly and helpful in a way that makes people feel welcome

  • sniffle

    to breathe in and out through your nose in short, quiet sounds

  • sappy

    too sentimental in a way that is annoying

  • upend

    to turn something over so it rests on its end or upside down

  • candied

    covered with sugar or preserved in sugar

  • biter

    a person or animal that bites often or habitually

  • debase

    to make something worse in quality, value, or moral character

  • floured

    covered with a thin layer of flour

  • housewarming

    a party for celebrating a new home

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  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • scoff

    to show that you think something is silly or not worth taking seriously

  • eggshell

    the hard outer covering of an egg

  • meringue

    a mixture of egg white and sugar, beaten until stiff and baked or dried

  • leavings

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

  • senile

    showing mental decline that can happen in old age

  • cardamom

    a spice made from the seeds of a tropical plant

  • jumpy

    nervous and easily startled

  • precarious

    not safe or steady and likely to fail, fall, or change suddenly

  • boomer

    a person born during the baby boom after World War II

  • trample

    to step heavily on something or crush it under your feet

  • jig

    a lively dance with quick, springy steps

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