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2025-12-23 13:07
intercede Definition: (verb) Act between parties with a view to reconciling differences. Synonyms: arbitrate, liaise, mediate Usage: When I saw my poor brother led away to imprisonment, I attempted to leap down into the Council Chamber, desiring to intercede on his behalf, or at least bid him farewell.
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473樓
圆环之理
2025-12-24 13:21
frame-up Definition: (noun) An act that incriminates someone on a false charge. Synonyms: setup Usage: He was innocent and the victim of a frame-up.
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474樓
圆环之理
2025-12-25 13:00
pigeonhole Definition: (verb) Treat or classify according to a mental stereotype. Synonyms: stereotype, stamp Usage: It would be incorrect to pigeonhole her as a children's author, since many adults also enjoy her books.
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475樓
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2025-12-26 13:45
palmistry Definition: (noun) The practice or art of telling fortunes from the lines, marks, and patterns on the palms of the hands. Synonyms: chirology, chiromancy Usage: She dabbled in fortunetelling and palmistry.
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476樓
圆环之理
2025-12-27 13:05
empathize Definition: (verb) Be understanding of. Synonyms: sympathize, understand Usage: Having changed schools several times as a child, I empathize with the transfer students.
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477樓
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2025-12-28 14:53
unreasoning Definition: (adjective) Not based on reason or evidence. Synonyms: blind Usage: After the funeral, when he saw her preparing to go away, he was seized with an unreasoning dread of being left alone on the farm; and before he knew what he was doing he had asked her to stay there with him.
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478樓
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2025-12-29 13:13
chef-d'oeuvre Definition: (noun) The most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman. Synonyms: masterpiece Usage: The Mona Lisa is considered by many to be the chef-d'oeuvre of Italian painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and scientist Leonardo da Vinci.
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479樓
圆环之理
2025-12-30 14:11
diskette Definition: (noun) A small plastic magnetic disk enclosed in a stiff envelope with a radial slit; used to store data or programs for a microcomputer. Synonyms: floppy Usage: Due to their relatively slow speed and small capacity, diskettes have largely been replaced by data storage devices like CDs and USB flash drives.
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480樓
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2025-12-31 13:14
philology Definition: (noun) The humanistic study of language and literature. Synonyms: linguistics Usage: Another master had come, with a degree of doctor of philology from the University of Heidelberg...to teach French to the upper forms and German to anyone who cared to take it up.
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481樓
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2026-1-1 13:47
byproduct Definition: (noun) A product made during the manufacture of something else. Synonyms: spin-off Usage: Whey is a byproduct of the cheese production process.
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