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Hauteur

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Haughtiness (arrogantly superior/disdainful) of manner; disdainful pride

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Plausible

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Seeming reasonable or possible

Skilled at persuasive arguments

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Sinister

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Impression that something evil will happen

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Deadpan

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Purposely impassive/expressionless

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Unpretentious

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Not wanting to impress others w/ importance, talent, or culture

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Dodd

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Remove item of clothing

Take off or raise as greeting or respect

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Ostentation

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Vulgar display specifically wealth in order to impress or attractive notice

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Pedophile

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Person sexually attracted to children

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Juxtapose

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Place or deal w/ close together for effect

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Flibbertigibbet

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Flighty or excessively talkative person

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Refinement

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Removing impurities

Clarification by making small changes

Elegance in manners/behavior

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Henpecked

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Of a woman-criticize & give orders to husband

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Obtuseness

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Not quick or alert in intellect, feeling, perception; not observant; dull

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Incongruity

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State of being out of keeping

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Philanthropy

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Promote welfare specifically in donation of money to good causes

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Ply

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Work w/ tool

Work at one’s business

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Infer

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Conclude from evidence & reasoning rather than from explicit statements

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Burly

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Of a person-large & strong; heavily built

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Elitism

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Advocacy or existence of an elite as dominating element in system or society

Attitude of someone who belong to elite

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Fanfare

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Short ceremonial tune played to introduce something or someone important

Media attention or elaborate ceremony

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Interrogator

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Person who interrogates

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Banality

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Fact or condition of being banal (lacking originality-to be obvious/boring) unoriginally

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High Jinks

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Boisterous (noisy, cheerful) fun

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Grandiosity

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Grand or important

More complicated than necessary

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Respite

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Short period of rest or relief from something difficult or unpleasant

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Pathos

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Emotion; quality that stimulates pity or sadness

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Burgeon

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Grow or increase rapidly; flourish