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大魔導士 十七級 |
entomb Definition: (verb) Place in a grave or tomb. Synonyms: inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury Usage: He was entombed here in this crypt alongside his predecessors.
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incertitude Definition: (noun) The state of being unsure of something. Synonyms: doubtfulness, dubiousness, uncertainty Usage: Here, too, he was disappointed; and then all was afloat, in the painful incertitude of doubt and conjecture.
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irradiate Definition: (verb) Expose to radiation. Synonyms: ray Usage: The government regulators insist that we irradiate farm produce so as to destroy bacteria.
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incumbency Definition: (noun) The term during which some position is held. Synonyms: tenure, term of office Usage: During his incumbency, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt instituted the New Deal to counter the Great Depression.
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pennant Definition: (noun) A long flag; often tapering. Synonyms: waft, streamer Usage: The boy had fastened a brightly-colored pennant to the front of his bike.
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comforter Definition: (noun) A person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies. Synonyms: allayer, reliever Usage: She indeed veiled her grief and strove to act the comforter to us all.
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axiomatic Definition: (adjective) Evident without proof or argument. Synonyms: self-evident, taken for granted Usage: It is axiomatic that as people grow older they become less agile.
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copycat Definition: (noun) One that closely imitates or mimics another. Synonyms: aper, emulator, imitator Usage: Stop being such a copycat and get your own hobbies!
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blackguard Definition: (noun) Someone who is morally reprehensible. Synonyms: bounder, cad, hound, heel, dog Usage: There, you low blackguard, that will teach you to be impertinent to a lady.
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glasshouse Definition: (noun) A building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions. Synonyms: greenhouse, nursery Usage: This kind of plant is very delicate and needs to be grown in a glasshouse.
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egotist Definition: (noun) A conceited and self-centered person. Synonyms: swellhead Usage: Mr. Whittleworth is an insufferable egotist with delusions of omnipotence, but we tolerate him because he pays us well.
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transience Definition: (noun) The attribute of being brief or fleeting. Synonyms: brevity, briefness Usage: The superficiality and transience of the club scene is part of its appeal for young people.
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gyrate Definition: (verb) Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis. Synonyms: spin, reel, whirl Usage: The airplane gyrated about in the sky in a most alarming fashion.
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hanker Definition: (verb) Desire strongly or persistently. Synonyms: long, yearn Usage: There, my lady cousin; there stands the most undutiful child in the world; she hankers after a beggarly rascal, and won't marry one of the greatest matches in all England.
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harebrained Definition: (adjective) Very foolish. Synonyms: insane, mad Usage: She devised a harebrained scheme to get her money back, but it ended up landing her in jail.
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buttonhole Definition: (verb) Detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors. Synonyms: lobby Usage: It is not easy to buttonhole her for an interview.
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shortsighted Definition: (adjective) Lacking foresight or scope. Synonyms: unforesightful, myopic, short Usage: The shortsighted board members derided the plan, which would cost the company money at the outset but could set it on track to earn billions in future years.
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dissension Definition: (noun) Disagreement among those expected to cooperate. Synonyms: discord Usage: The sparks of dissension soon kindled into a blaze; and the colonies, or rather, as they quickly declared themselves, the States, became a scene of strife and bloodshed for years.
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rascal Definition: (noun) One who is playfully mischievous.. Synonyms: scamp, imp, rapscallion, scallywag Usage: The young rascal, being expert at a variety of feints and dodges, of which my aunt had no conception, soon went whooping away.
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blister Definition: (verb) Subject to harsh criticism. Synonyms: scald, whip Usage: The Senator blistered the administration in his speech on Friday.
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populate Definition: (verb) Inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of. Synonyms: inhabit, live, dwell Usage: Millions of as yet undiscovered creatures populate the ocean depths.
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contrite Definition: (adjective) Feeling or expressing pain or sorrow for sins or offenses. Synonyms: remorseful, rueful, ruthful Usage: He was so contrite that he wrote me a letter of apology.
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