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Pretentious

Adj

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Acting like you’re more important than you are

That was a secret and stop being pretentious

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Bucolic

Adj

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Charming

Danny is very bucolic; he is hot and sweet

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Gullible

Adj

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Easily deceived or fooled

I am very gullible person I believe everything

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Convivial

Adj

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Fond of having a good time; partying

You guys are a convivial group

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Discrete

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Sneaky, unnoticeable, showing self restraint in actions

You need to be discreet to sneak up on the mouse.

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Fabricate

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To lie or construct

She fabricated her speech about what she was going to do after college

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Gesticulate

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To gesture a lot while talking; to use your hands while talking
Tony gesticulates every time he talks to me; he uses his hands

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Laud

Verb

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To praise or applaud

The audience lauded me after my performance

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Conflagration

Noun

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A huge fire or an inferno

A conflagration was started in the Forrest; all the trees burned down

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