GRE重點(diǎn)詞匯解析:mendicant

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    mendicant: a beggar
    mendicant ------ (n.) beggar; (adj.) depending on begging for a living I
    believe he is a mendicant who I see every morning
    mendicant adj.行乞的 n.乞丐
    mendicant : beg
    mendicant: confusion
    mendicant ------ People who live off begging can be called mendicants.
    However, you probably wouldn't call your kids mendicants, even though they beg
    you for stuff, because the word mendicant also implies extreme poverty. The noun
    mendicant can also refer to a man belonging to a religious order, such as the
    Franciscan Friars who do not own personal property but live together in a
    monastery and survive off alms donated by others. As an adjective, mendicant
    describes someone who lives such an existence.
    adjective - Depending on alms for a living; practicing begging.
    noun - A beggar.
    noun - A member of an order of friars forbidden to own property in common,
    who work or beg for their living.
    hyponym - Carmelite, Augustinian, sannyasi, grey friar, panhandler, White
    Friar, beggarman, moocher, mooch, cadger