overdress
to wear clothes that are too formal for an occasion
Episode vocabulary
Modern Family S9E20: English vocabulary
Season 9, Episode 20Comedy
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seemly
proper and suitable for a particular situation
understate
to make something seem less important or serious than it really is
fluster
to make someone nervous, confused, or embarrassed
soiree
a small evening social gathering
bumpkin
a person who is seen as awkward, unsophisticated, or from the countryside
stomaching
the present participle of stomach
dynamiting
the act of blowing something up with dynamite
unsettle
to make someone feel worried, uneasy, or disturbed
unseemly
not polite or proper in a way that may offend people
worser
an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse
clotted
thickened into a solid mass or lumps
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visceral
strong and instinctive, rather than calm or logical
mooned
to show your bare buttocks to someone as a joke or insult
inadequacy
the feeling that you are not good enough or not able to do something well
welcomer
a person whose job or role is to welcome and help guests or newcomers
hairbrush
a brush used for combing or styling hair
weirdness
the quality of being strange or unusual
git
a foolish or unpleasant person
thumbed
past tense and past participle of thumb through
debutante
a young woman who is formally introduced to society at a special event
trashy
cheap-looking, low-quality, or tasteless
diabolical
extremely evil or cruel
birthing
the act of giving birth