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大魔導士 十七級 |
overstep Definition: (verb) To go beyond (a limit); exceed. Synonyms: transgress, trespass Usage: The hotel was criticized for its $11 million Christmas tree adorned with gold and precious stones by those who felt it overstepped the bounds of taste.
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cavort Definition: (verb) Play boisterously. Synonyms: frisk, frolic, gambol, lark, rollick, romp, run around, skylark, sport, disport Usage: The children cavorted in the water, splashing and ducking each other.
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pulsation Definition: (noun) The rhythmic contraction and expansion of the arteries with each beat of the heart. Synonyms: heartbeat Usage: An icy hand seemed to grasp my heart and check its pulsation, as I bent over him, gazing with breathless intensity upon the ghastly, upturned face.
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tinder Definition: (noun) Readily combustible material, such as dry twigs, used to kindle fires. Synonyms: kindling, spunk, touchwood, punk Usage: One of the fishermen struck light from a stone, set fire to some tinder, and by the aid of a match lit a lantern.
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fungicide Definition: (noun) A chemical substance that destroys or inhibits the growth of fungi. Synonyms: antifungal, antimycotic Usage: Dr. Johnson prescribed a fungicide to treat her patient's athlete's foot.
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self-sufficient Definition: (adjective) Able to provide for or support oneself without the help of others. Synonyms: self-sustaining Usage: A strong and self-reliant man, he had all his life ignored companionship, had been well content to live without friends, self-contained and self-sufficient.
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get-go Definition: (noun) The time at which something is supposed to begin. Synonyms: commencement, offset, outset, showtime, start, beginning, kickoff, first Usage: She knew from the get-go that he was the man for her.
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bald-faced Definition: (adjective) Brash; undisguised. Synonyms: brazen, insolent, audacious, barefaced, bodacious, brassy Usage: John's excuse for missing work was such a bald-faced lie that his boss immediately fired him.
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palpate Definition: (verb) To examine or explore by touching (an organ or area of the body), usually as a diagnostic aid. Synonyms: feel Usage: The nurse palpated the patient's stomach but felt nothing out of the ordinary.
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raillery Definition: (noun) Light teasing repartee. Synonyms: backchat, banter, give-and-take Usage: Excitement instantly seized the whole party: a running fire of raillery and jests was proceeding when Sam returned.
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off-licence Definition: (noun) A store that sells alcoholic beverages for consumption elsewhere. Synonyms: liquor store, package store Usage: He went into an off-licence to buy a bottle of cider.
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snigger Definition: (verb) Laugh quietly. Synonyms: snicker Usage: The rude tourists snigger at the locals' outdated ways and dress.
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habit-forming Definition: (adjective) Capable of leading to physiological or psychological dependence. Synonyms: addictive Usage: Cocaine is a habit-forming drug.
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unornamented Definition: (adjective) Lacking embellishment or ornamentation. Synonyms: unembellished, plain, spare, bare Usage: Strangers, who saw her for the first time, saw a lady in the prime of her life—a lady plainly dressed in unornamented white.
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blackjack Definition: (noun) A leather-covered bludgeon with a short, flexible shaft or strap, used as a hand weapon. Synonyms: cosh, sap Usage: He was beaten so badly with the blackjack that he suffered several broken bones.
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ethnic Definition: (adjective) Denoting or deriving from or distinctive of the ways of living built up by a group of people. Synonyms: cultural Usage: In my family, holidays are celebrated with lavish meals featuring ethnic foods that remind us of our ancestors' Eastern European roots.
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bristle Definition: (verb) Rise up as in fear. Synonyms: uprise, stand up Usage: The creaking of the house at night makes the hair on the nape of my neck bristle.
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miserly Definition: (adjective) (Used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. Synonyms: mingy, tight, mean Usage: The necessity of disbursing passage money for all his tribe seemed to disturb him in a manner that was the more striking because otherwise he gave no signs of a miserly disposition.
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outwit Definition: (verb) To get the better of by cunning or ingenuity. Synonyms: outsmart, overreach, circumvent, outfox, beat Usage: She managed to outwit the police and escape to the safe house with the loot.
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cold-blooded Definition: (adjective) Without compunction or human feeling. Synonyms: inhuman, insensate, cold Usage: These callous, cold-blooded killers butchered six people.
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top-notch Definition: (adjective) Of the highest quality. Synonyms: A-one, ace, crack, first-rate, super, tiptop, tops Usage: Everyone wants a top-notch specialist when it comes to laser eye surgery.
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gentility Definition: (noun) Elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression. Synonyms: breeding, genteelness Usage: She was ladylike, too, after the manner of the feminine gentility of those days; characterized by a certain state and dignity, rather than by the delicate...grace which is now recognized as its indication.
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repletion Definition: (noun) The state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more. Synonyms: satiation, satiety Usage: Then Tarzan and Sheeta feasted to repletion.
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malign Definition: (verb) Speak unfavorably about. Synonyms: badmouth, drag through the mud, traduce Usage: He is always maligning his wife when she is not around, telling people what a bad spouse and mother she is.
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moonshine Definition: (noun) Whiskey illegally distilled from a corn mash. Synonyms: bootleg, corn liquor Usage: I drank too much moonshine last night, and now I have a terrible hangover.
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galvanize Definition: (verb) To stimulate to action. Synonyms: startle Usage: The appeal has galvanized them into taking positive action.
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ingest Definition: (verb) To take into the body by the mouth for digestion or absorption. Synonyms: consume, have, take in Usage: Chocolate can be lethal to dogs if they ingest too much of it.
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heinous Definition: (adjective) Grossly wicked or reprehensible; abominable. Synonyms: flagitious Usage: Abusing an animal is a heinous act.
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greave Definition: (noun) Armor plate that protects legs below the knee. Synonyms: jambeau Usage: They then stripped him of a jacket that he wore over his armor, and they would have stripped off his stockings if his greaves had not prevented them.
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quondam Definition: (adjective) Belonging to some prior time. Synonyms: erstwhile, one-time, sometime, former, old Usage: The employers' associations, that had helped the captains of industry to tear and rend labor, were now torn and rent by their quondam allies.
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