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Modern Family S9E18: English vocabulary

Season 9, Episode 18Comedy

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  • squeegee

    a tool with a rubber edge used for wiping water off glass or smooth surfaces

  • shoplifter

    a person who steals goods from a shop or store

  • prance

    to move or walk with light, springy steps

  • pinking

    to cut the edge of fabric with pinking shears

  • worser

    an old or nonstandard comparative of bad, meaning worse

  • permissive

    allowing too much freedom of behavior

  • shoplifting

    to steal goods from a store

  • frisky

    lively, playful, and full of energy

  • welcomer

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

  • peppering

    to scatter or cover something with small bits or drops

  • butchering

    the process of cutting an animal into pieces for meat

  • molasses

    a thick, dark syrup made from sugar cane or sugar beet

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  • vanquish

    to defeat someone or something completely

  • padlock

    a small lock with a U-shaped metal bar, used for doors, gates, bikes, and boxes

  • jerky

    dried meat, usually beef, eaten as a snack

  • eskimo

    a member of the Indigenous peoples of the Arctic

  • steamy

    full of steam or hot, moist air

  • dangle

    to hang down loosely or swing gently

  • dishing

    giving out or handing out something, often quickly or generously

  • evener

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

  • noose

    a loop of rope or wire that tightens when pulled

  • necking

    kissing and touching someone in a sexual way

  • ness

    a suffix added to adjectives to form nouns meaning a quality or state

  • streaked

    having thin lines or marks of a different color

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