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大魔导士 十七级 |
cultivator Definition: (noun) Someone concerned with the science or art or business of cultivating the soil. Synonyms: agriculturalist, grower, raiser Usage: He soon became a land-holder, then a prosperous cultivator of the soil, and shortly after a town-officer.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
coerce Definition: (verb) To cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral, or intellectual means. Synonyms: force, hale, pressure, squeeze Usage: The lawsuit alleged that her boss had coerced her into resigning and that she therefore deserved compensation.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
penalize Definition: (verb) Impose a penalty on; inflict punishment on. Synonyms: punish Usage: The students were penalized for their tardiness and had to stay after school for detention.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
nonviolence Definition: (noun) Peaceful resistance to a government by fasting or refusing to cooperate. Synonyms: passive resistance Usage: Mohandas Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., were two of the most articulate advocates of nonviolence.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
seeker Definition: (noun) Someone making a search or inquiry. Synonyms: quester, searcher Usage: A seeker of the truth, he never took things at face value.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
indisposed Definition: (adjective) Somewhat ill or prone to illness. Synonyms: ailing, peaked, poorly, under the weather, unwell, sickly, seedy Usage: The princess is indisposed and has cancelled her engagements for the week to allow herself time to recuperate.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
deep-seated Definition: (adjective) (Used especially of ideas or principles) deeply rooted; firmly fixed or held. Synonyms: deep-rooted, implanted, ingrained, planted Usage: He divined the fanatical love of freedom in her, the deep-seated antipathy for restraint of any sort.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
hard-pressed Definition: (adjective) Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty. Synonyms: distressed, hard put, in a bad way Usage: Hard-pressed consumers are spending less on luxuries.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
curare Definition: (noun) A toxic alkaloid found in certain tropical South American trees that is a powerful relaxant for striated muscles. Synonyms: tubocurarine Usage: The arrow was usually tipped with a poison, such as curare, which would stun or kill the struck prey.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
comeuppance Definition: (noun) A punishment or retribution that one deserves; one's just deserts. Synonyms: deserts Usage: The central character is an evil man who gets his comeuppance in the end.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
exhalation Definition: (noun) The act of expelling air from the lungs. Synonyms: breathing out, expiration Usage: He drew the first whiff of smoke deep into his lungs and expelled it in a long and lingering exhalation.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
pagination Definition: (noun) The system of numbering pages. Synonyms: folio, paging Usage: The editions of Holy Writ are so numerous that he could hardly suppose that two copies would have the same pagination.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
sallow Definition: (adjective) Of a sickly yellowish hue or complexion. Synonyms: sickly Usage: His face was sallow and shiny with sweat.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
fizzle Definition: (verb) To fail or end weakly, especially after a hopeful beginning. Synonyms: peter out, taper off Usage: The music just fizzled out—there was no proper ending to the concert.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
coincident Definition: (adjective) Occurring or operating at the same time. Synonyms: co-occurrent, concurrent, simultaneous Usage: "You will observe," said Holmes, laying down the volume, "that the sudden breaking up of the society was coincident with the disappearance of Openshaw from America with their papers."
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大魔导士 十七级 |
troglodyte Definition: (noun) A cave dweller, especially one of the prehistoric peoples thought to have lived in caves. Synonyms: caveman Usage: These vile old troglodytes are no longer there; but into their deserted cave another terrible giant has thrust himself, and makes it his business to seize upon honest travelers and fatten them for his table.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
recliner Definition: (noun) An armchair whose back can be lowered and foot can be raised to allow the sitter to recline in it. Synonyms: lounger Usage: During football season, my husband plants himself in the recliner that faces the TV and does not budge for hours on end.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
saltpeter Definition: (noun) (KNO3) Used especially as a fertilizer and explosive. Synonyms: niter, potassium nitrate Usage: Gunpowder was not invented by any one; it was the lineal successor of the Greek fire, which, like itself, was composed of sulfur and saltpeter.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
peddle Definition: (verb) Sell or offer for sale from place to place. Synonyms: hawk, huckster, monger, vend, pitch Usage: It is so hard to keep kids out of trouble and on the right track when dealers peddle drugs on every street corner.
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大魔导士 十七级 |
straight-out Definition: (adjective) Without reservation or exception. Synonyms: outright, unlimited Usage: Bob's excuse for missing work was a straight-out lie, and his boss knew this and fired him for it.
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