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大魔導士 十七級 |
squashy Definition: (adjective) (Of soil) soft and watery. Synonyms: boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloughy, soggy, swampy, waterlogged, sloppy Usage: The grass began to get squashy, and Kala Nag's feet sucked and squelched as he put them down.
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mix-up Definition: (noun) A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another. Synonyms: confusion Usage: Due to a mix-up over travel arrangements, I missed my flight and had to rent a car and drive the 700 miles home.
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chirpy Definition: (adjective) Characterized by liveliness and lightheartedness. Synonyms: perky, buoyant Usage: You're very chirpy today—have you won the lottery or something?
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ill-fated Definition: (adjective) Marked by or promising bad fortune. Synonyms: ill-omened, ill-starred, unlucky, doomed Usage: Freed after months of captivity, the aid workers are relieved to have survived their ill-fated trip abroad.
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caries Definition: (noun) Soft decayed area in a tooth; progressive decay can lead to the death of a tooth. Synonyms: tooth decay, cavity Usage: Failure to properly care for one's teeth can lead to the development of painful caries.
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faint-hearted Definition: (adjective) Lacking conviction or boldness or courage. Synonyms: timid Usage: Crupp...became within a few days so faint-hearted, that rather than encounter my aunt upon the staircase, she would endeavor to hide her portly form behind doors...or would shrink into dark corners.
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singsong Definition: (adjective) Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting. Synonyms: chantlike, intoned Usage: The art of his reading was supposed to lie in rolling out the words, quite independently of their meaning, in a loud and singsong voice alternating between a despairing wail and a tender murmur.
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argus-eyed Definition: (adjective) Carefully observant or attentive; on the lookout for possible danger. Synonyms: open-eyed, vigilant, wakeful Usage: I prefer to be good because it is good to be good, rather than because I can't be bad because some argus-eyed old frump won't let me have a chance to be bad.
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waffle Definition: (verb) Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. Synonyms: hesitate, waver Usage: The mayoral candidate waffled on his position regarding abortion and gay rights.
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imperil Definition: (verb) Pose a threat to; present a danger to. Synonyms: endanger, jeopardize, menace, threaten Usage: You imperil the lives of other road users by driving drunk.
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judder Definition: (verb) Shake or vibrate rapidly and intensively. Synonyms: shake Usage: The old engine was juddering and smoking, so I took the car to the mechanic.
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reaper Definition: (noun) Someone who helps to gather the harvest. Synonyms: harvester Usage: He was laying about him lustily with his sheath-knive, lopping the canes right and left, like a reaper, and soon made quite a clearing around us.
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saunter Definition: (verb) Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim. Synonyms: stroll Usage: The teacher watched his students saunter back into the school building after lunch, apparently in no hurry to get to class on time.
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mensurable Definition: (adjective) Capable of being measured. Synonyms: measurable Usage: The mensurable increase in the cost of oil has had wide-reaching effects on the country's economy.
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hebdomadal Definition: (adjective) Of or occurring every seven days. Synonyms: weekly Usage: A little solace came at tea-time, in the shape of a double ration of bread...with the delicious addition of a thin scrape of butter: it was the hebdomadal treat to which we all looked forward from Sabbath to Sabbath.
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bequeath Definition: (verb) Leave or give by will after one's death. Synonyms: will, leave Usage: He bequeathed all his silver to his children.
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high-toned Definition: (adjective) Pretentiously elegant. Synonyms: high-class Usage: She felt awkward and out of place in the high-toned restaurant, with its elegant décor and elite clientele.
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veneration Definition: (noun) A feeling of profound respect for someone or something. Synonyms: reverence, awe, fear Usage: Cornelius bade farewell to De Ruyter, to the Ruart de Pulten, and to glory, kissed the knees of the Grand Pensionary, for whom he entertained the deepest veneration, and retired to his house at Dort.
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frequency Definition: (noun) The number of occurrences within a given time period. Synonyms: oftenness Usage: The frequency of his seizures increased as he grew older.
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subside Definition: (verb) Wear off or die down. Synonyms: lessen Usage: The doctor told me that the pain should subside during the night and that I should feel much better by morning.
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tailing Definition: (noun) The act of following someone secretly. Synonyms: shadowing Usage: The constant tailing of my husband by private eyes has caused him to become paranoid.
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deplete Definition: (verb) Use up (resources or materials). Synonyms: wipe out, eat up, exhaust, run through, consume Usage: We must limit our use of substances that deplete the ozone layer or we will do irreparable harm to our planet.
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interlink Definition: (verb) To link together or join (one) with another. Synonyms: complect, interconnect Usage: The policies, though distinct, are interlinked.
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hoagie Definition: (noun) A large sandwich made of a long crusty roll split lengthwise and filled with meats and cheese (and tomato and onion and lettuce and condiments); different names are used in different sections of the United States. Synonyms: Italian sandwich, poor boy, sub, Cuban sandwich, grinder, zep, torpedo, wedge, submarine, bomber, hero Usage: When I'm really hungry, I make myself a hoagie with all the trimmings.
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self-centered Definition: (adjective) Engrossed in oneself and one's own affairs; selfish. Synonyms: egocentric, egoistic Usage: She's too self-centered to take any interest in my troubles.
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disputable Definition: (adjective) Open to argument or debate. Synonyms: arguable, debatable, moot Usage: He certainly looked at her friend a great deal, but the expression of that look was disputable.
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nonchalance Definition: (noun) The trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern. Synonyms: unconcern, indifference Usage: He looked about him always, with the cold, easy nonchalance of the man of the world.
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slicker Definition: (noun) A macintosh made from cotton fabric treated with oil and pigment to make it waterproof. Synonyms: oilskin Usage: It was pouring all day, but thanks to my new slicker, I stayed nice and dry.
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nonentity Definition: (noun) A person of no influence. Synonyms: nobody, cipher Usage: After losing the gubernatorial election, she was written off as a political nonentity.
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pedagogue Definition: (noun) Someone who educates young people. Synonyms: educator Usage: My grandfather was a born pedagogue; it gave him great pleasure to impart information.
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