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  • 31Snob — A snob, guilty of snobbery, is someone who adopts the worldview that some people are inherently inferior to him/her for any one of a variety of reasons, including real or supposed intellect, wealth, education, ancestry, etc.Fact|date=May 2007… …

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  • 32blazon — blazoner, n. blazonment, n. /blay zeuhn/, v.t. 1. to set forth conspicuously or publicly; display; proclaim: The pickets blazoned their grievances on placards. 2. to adorn or embellish, esp. brilliantly or showily. 3. to describe in heraldic… …

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  • 33chichi — /shee shee /, adj. 1. showily or affectedly elegant or trendy; pretentious. n. 2. a chichi person or thing. 3. the quality of being chichi. [1905 10; < F] Syn. 1. flashy, ostentatious, flamboyant. * * * …

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  • 34flossy — flossily, adv. flossiness, n. /flaw see, flos ee/, adj., flossier, flossiest. 1. made of or resembling floss; downy. 2. showily stylish; excessively ornamented or fancy. [1830 40; FLOSS + Y1] * * * …

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  • 35gaily — /gay lee/, adv. 1. with merriment; merrily; joyfully; cheerfully. 2. with showiness; showily. Also, gayly. [1350 1400; ME; see GAY, LY] * * * …

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  • 36grandstand — grandstander, n. /gran stand , grand /, n., v., grandstanded, grandstanding, adj. n. 1. the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats. 2. the people sitting in&#8230; …

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  • 37hype — hype1 /huyp/, v., hyped, hyping, n. Informal. v.t. 1. to stimulate, excite, or agitate (usually fol. by up): She was hyped up at the thought of owning her own car. 2. to create interest in by flamboyant or dramatic methods; promote or publicize&#8230; …

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  • 38ornate — ornately, adv. ornateness, n. /awr nayt /, adj. 1. elaborately or sumptuously adorned, often excessively or showily so: They bought an ornate Louis XIV sofa. 2. embellished with rhetoric; florid or high flown: an ornate style of writing. [1375&#8230; …

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  • 39plush — plushed, adj. plushlike, adj. plushly, adv. plushness, n. /plush/, n., adj., plusher, plushest. n. 1. a fabric, as of silk, cotton, or wool, whose pile is more than 1/8 inch (0.3 cm) high. adj. 2. expensively or showily luxurious: the plushest&#8230; …

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  • 40macho — 1. adjective /ˈmætʃəʊ,ˈmɑtʃoʊ/ tending to display manly characteristics, such as domineering, fierceness, bravado, etc., in ways that are showily and histrionically tough 2. noun /ˈmætʃəʊ,ˈmɑtʃoʊ/ a) A macho person; a person who tends to display&#8230; …

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