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Floor 182 圆环之理 3/3/25 12:42
transmigrate 
Definition:  (verb) Be born anew in another body after death.  
Synonyms:  reincarnate  
Usage:  Oh, if our souls could transmigrate I'd be a seamew above all birds that fly.  
Floor 183 圆环之理 3/3/25 13:00
relent 
Definition:  (verb) Give in, as to influence or pressure.  
Synonyms:  soften, yield  
Usage:  At first she wouldn't let them go to the cinema, but in the end she relented.  
Floor 184 圆环之理 3/4/25 13:01
fetter 
Definition:  (verb) Restrain with fetters.  
Synonyms:  shackle  
Usage:  My foes fettered me hand and foot and imprisoned me in a dank dungeon.  
Floor 185 圆环之理 3/5/25 13:02

spittle 

Definition: (noun) A clear liquid secreted into the mouth by the salivary glands and mucous glands of the mouth; moistens the mouth and starts the digestion of starches.

Synonyms: saliva

Usage: Her face…was distorted with passion, and in her tumultuous speech the spittle dribbled over her lips.

Floor 186 圆环之理 3/6/25 13:00
midpoint 
Definition:  (noun) A point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure.  
Synonyms:  center  
Usage:  I measured the width of the picture frame and calculated its midpoint so that I could hang it properly on the wall.  
Floor 187 圆环之理 3/7/25 13:56
madcap 
Definition:  (adjective) Characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation.  
Synonyms:  brainish, impetuous, tearaway, hotheaded, impulsive  
Usage:  This madcap quest of mine, was it not understood between us...to be a fantastic whim, a poetical wild-goose chase, conceived entirely as an excuse for being some time in each other's company?  
Floor 188 圆环之理 3/8/25 18:45
plagiarize 
Definition:  (verb) Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property.  
Synonyms:  lift  
Usage:  At the beginning of the semester, the teacher warned her students not to plagiarize their reports because she would find out and fail them.   
Floor 189 圆环之理 3/9/25 13:02
repulse 
Definition:  (verb) Force or drive back.  
Synonyms:  drive back, fight off, rebuff, repel  
Usage:  The soldiers are armed and prepared to repulse any attack.   
Floor 190 圆环之理 3/10/25 13:50

entresol 

Definition: (noun) The floor just above the ground floor of a building.

Synonyms: mezzanine

Usage: While waiting for our room to be prepared, we sat down for a cup of coffee in the entresol of the hotel.

Floor 191 圆环之理 3/11/25 13:12
meager 
Definition:  (adjective) Deficient in amount or quality or extent.  
Synonyms:  scrimpy, stingy  
Usage:  So meager were their trappings that they were practically naked; a fact that was in no way remarkable among the tillers of the fields of Mars.  

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