Vocabulary : Oppositifolious to Oppression

Oppositifolious : Placed at the same node with a leaf, but separated from it by the whole diameter of the stem; as, an oppositifolious peduncle.
Opposition : The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance. ;; The state of being placed over against; situation so as to front something else. ;; Repugnance; contrariety of sentiment, interest, or purpose; antipathy. ;; That which opposes; an obstacle; specifically, the aggregate of persons or things opposing; hence, in politics and parliamentary practice, the party opposed to the party in power. ;; The situation of a heavenly body with respect to another when in the part of the heavens directly opposite to it; especially, the position of a planet or satellite when its longitude differs from that of the sun 180; -- signified by the symbol /; as, / / /, opposition of Jupiter to the sun. ;; The relation between two propositions when, having the same subject and predicate, they differ in quantity, or in quality, or in both; or between two propositions which have the same matter but a different form.
Oppositionist : One who belongs to the opposition party.
Oppositipetalous : Placed in front of a petal.
Oppositisepalous : Placed in front of a sepal.
Oppositive : Capable of being put in opposition.
Oppress : To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. ;; To ravish; to violate. ;; To put down; to crush out; to suppress. ;; To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses the stomach.
Oppressed : of Oppress
Oppressing : of Oppress
Oppression : The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed. ;; That which oppresses; a hardship or injustice; cruelty; severity; tyranny. ;; A sense of heaviness or obstruction in the body or mind; depression; dullness; lassitude; as, an oppression of spirits; an oppression of the lungs. ;; Ravishment; rape.
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