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大魔導士 十七級 |
viviparous Definition: (adjective) Zoology Giving birth to living offspring that develop within the mother's body. Most mammals and some other animals are viviparous. Synonyms: live-bearing Usage: Viviparous offspring live independently and require an external food supply from birth.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
unbending Definition: (adjective) Incapable of adapting or changing to meet circumstances. Synonyms: rigid, inflexible Usage: Indeed there may be generally observed in him an unbending, unyielding, brass-bound air, as if he were himself the bassoon of the human orchestra.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
backfire Definition: (verb) Come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect. Synonyms: backlash, recoil Usage: Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
compendious Definition: (adjective) Containing or stating briefly and concisely all the essentials. Synonyms: succinct, summary, compact Usage: It was a sort of hand-book for women with grievances (and all women had them), a sort of compendious theory and practice of feminine free morality.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
umbrageous Definition: (adjective) Affording or forming shade. Synonyms: shadowed, shady Usage: The chief beauty of trees consists in the deep shadow of their umbrageous boughs.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
insufferable Definition: (adjective) Difficult or impossible to endure; intolerable. Synonyms: impossible, unacceptable Usage: We both agreed he was the most insufferable bore and that we would not be inviting him to our next dinner party.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
carrel Definition: (noun) A partially partitioned nook in or near the stacks in a library, used for private study. Synonyms: cubicle, stall Usage: There are too many distractions at home, so when I really need to study, I go to the library, find a secluded carrel, and study there.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
incarcerate Definition: (verb) Lock up or confine, in or as in a jail. Synonyms: immure, imprison, jail, jug, put behind bars, remand, lag, put away Usage: It can cost huge sums to incarcerate a prisoner for a year.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
baseless Definition: (adjective) Having no basis or foundation in fact. Synonyms: groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, idle, wild Usage: The governor has released a statement calling the reports of corruption completely baseless and without merit.
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大魔導士 十七級 |
earsplitting Definition: (adjective) Loud and shrill enough to hurt the ears. Synonyms: deafening, thunderous Usage: When the little boy throws a tantrum, he lets loose with the most fearful, earsplitting screams.
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