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  • 91rich — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wealthy, affluent, opulent; fruitful, fertile, luxuriant; vivid; fattening; abundant, bountiful; sumptuous; gorgeous; sonorous, mellow. See money, ornament. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Possessed of… …

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  • 92tasteless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. insipid, flat; inelegant; inept, clumsy, vulgar, savorless, unappetizing. See insipidity, vulgarity, inelegance. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Lacking flavor] Syn. unsavory, dull, bland, unseasoned,… …

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  • 93modest — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Humble] Syn. unassuming, meek, diffident, shy; see humble 1 , resigned . 2. [Not showy] Syn. unpretentious, unostentatious, unobtrusive, demure, quiet, seemly, proper, decorous, unstudied, plain, simple, natural,… …

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  • 94Vanity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Vanity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 vanity vanity Sgm: N 1 conceit conceit conceitedness Sgm: N 1 self conceit self conceit self complacency self confidence self sufficiency self esteem self love self approba …

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  • 95unostentatious — (adj.) 1747, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + OSTENTATIOUS (Cf. ostentatious). Related: Unostentatiously …

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  • 96dog — noun 1》 a domesticated carnivorous mammal probably descended from the wolf, with a barking or howling voice, an acute sense of smell, and non retractile claws. [Canis familiaris.]     ↘a wild animal resembling this, in particular any member of… …

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  • 97pompous — a. 1. Showy, ostentatious, stately, lofty, grand, majestic, magnificent, superb, splendid, august, magisterial, dignified. 2. Swelling, inflated, bombastic, turgid, pretentious, stilted, boastful, grandiloquent, high flowing, high sounding, high… …

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  • 98vain — a. 1. Unreal, shadowy, unsubstantial, supposititious, dreamy, delusive, deceitful, false, baseless, imaginary, empty, void. 2. Unavailing, useless, bootless, ineffectual, fruitless, profitless, futile, nugatory, abortive, unprofitable, without… …

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  • 99display — vb exhibit, *show, expose, parade, flaunt Analogous words: manifest, evidence, evince, demonstrate, *show: *reveal, disclose, discover Contrasted words: *disguise, cloak, mask, dissemble, camouflage: *hide, conceal, secrete …

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  • 100ornate — ornate, rococo, baroque, flamboyant, florid can all mean elaborately and often pretentiously decorated or designed. Ornate is applicable to anything heavily adorned or ornamented or conspicuously embellished {an ornate style of architecture} {the …

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