Vocabulary Word
Word: suppliant
Definition: entreating; beseeching; N.
Definition: entreating; beseeching; N.
Sentences Containing 'suppliant'
Punishment and fear were not; nor were threatening words read On suspended brass; nor did the suppliant crowd fear The words of their judge; but were safe without an avenger.
E., Post Office, Canterbury, will be fraught with less painful consequences than any addressed immediately to one, who subscribes herself, in extreme distress, 'Mr. Thomas Traddles's respectful friend and suppliant, 'EMMA MICAWBER.'
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::: gruel - thin liquid porridge
::: betoken - signify; indicate; be a sign of
::: acoustics - science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
::: bedraggle - wet thoroughly; ADJ. bedraggled: draggled
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::: denizen - (animal, person, or plant) inhabitant or resident of a particular place; regular visitor
::: sophisticated - worldly wise and urbane; refined; complex; N. sophistication; V. sophisticate
::: dally - trifle with; toy with; treat without the necessary seriousness; procrastinate; waste time
