1. Vocabulary: Homer’s Group
Prank: A trick that is played on sb as a joke (N)
Soak: To make sb/sth completely wet (V)
Pass out: Faint (V)
Ban: prohibit (V)
Juke box: a machine in a pub, bar, etc. that plays music when you put coins into it (N)
Fuss: anger or complaints about sth, especially sth that is not important (N)
Bet: promise (V)
Chiropractor: a person whose job involves treating some diseases and physical problems by
pressing and moving the bones in a person’s spine or joints (n)
Brain dead: very stupid and boring; not intelligent(Adj)
Hick: a person from the country who is considered to be stupid and to have little experience
of life (N)
Liver a large organ in the body that cleans the blood and produces bile(N)
Stow: To put sth in a safe place (V)
Crack sb up: to make sb laugh a lot (V)
Lisa’s group
Vocabulary:
Laughingstock: a person that everyone laughs at because they have done sth stupid (N)
Wet blanket: a person who is not enthusiastic about anything and who stops other people
from enjoying themselves(N)
Hassle: to annoy sb or cause them trouble, especially by asking them to do sth many
times(V)
Burden: a duty (N)
Shake off: to get rid of sth(V)
Hoagie: a long piece of bread filled with meat, cheese and salad (N)
Grinder: a machine or tool for grinding a solid substance into a powder: a coffee grinder(N)
Sub: a long bread roll split open along its length and filled with various types of food (N)
Lint: small soft pieces of wool, cotton, etc. that stick on the surface of cloth(N)
Blurry: without a clear outline; not clear
Pamper: to take care of sb very well and make them feel as comfortable as possible (V)
Dope: to give a drug to a person or an animal (V)
Puppet: marionette (N)
Vent: to express a feeling, especially anger, strongly (V)
Ramblings: speech or writing that continues for a long time without saying much and seems
very confused (N)
Marge’s group
Top-notch: excellent; of the highest quality (Adj)
Upbeat: optimistic: (Adj)
Hunk: a large piece of sth, especially food, that has been cut or broken from a larger piece
(N)
Bean: pepino
Sliding scale: a system in which the rate at which sth is paid varies according to particular
conditions (N)
Credentials: the qualities, training or experience that make you suitable to do sth (N)

2. Qualification: an exam that you have passed or a course of study that you have successfully
completed (N)
Blame: to think or say that sb/sth is responsible for sth bad (V)
Delve: to search for sth inside a bag, container, etc( V)
Sanctuary: an area where wild birds or animals are protected and encouraged to breed (N)
Upheaval: disruption
Bart’s group
Stuck: unable to move or to be moved(Adj)
Godforsaken: boring, depressing and ugly(Adj)
Vanquish: to defeat sb completely in a competition, war, etc.(V)
Clatter: if hard objects clatter, they knock together and make a loud noise (V)
Clank: to make a loud sound like pieces of metal hitting each other; to cause sth to make
this sound (V)
Cog: one of a series of teeth on the edge of a wheel that fit between the teeth on the next
wheel and cause it to move(N)
Flail: o move around without control; to move your arms and legs around without control
(V)
Infringe: to break a law or rule (V)
Trailblazer: a person who is the first to do or discover sth and so makes it possible for
others to follow (N)
Nut: strange or crazy person
Tapestry: a picture or pattern that is made by weaving coloured wool onto heavy cloth; the
art of doing this