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  • 91malapert — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. saucy, pert, bold, impudent, presumptuous; see also rude 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I adjective Rude and disrespectful: assuming, assumptive, audacious, bold, boldfaced, brash, brazen, cheeky, contumelious, familiar …

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  • 92know-it-all — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. *walking encyclopedia, *brain, intellectual, *professor, *blowhard, *wind bag. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: saucebox,… …

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  • 93saucebox — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it all, smart aleck, smarty, smarty pants, wisenheimer. Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy. See GOOD …

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  • 94smarty — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty pants, wisenheimer. Slang: wiseacre, wise cracker, wise guy. See GOOD …

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  • 95smarty-pants — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, wisenheimer. Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy. See GOOD …

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  • 96wisecracker — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Slang. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, smarty pants, wisenheimer. Slang: wiseacre, wise guy. See GOOD …

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  • 97wisenheimer — (Roget s Thesaurus II) also weisenheimer noun Informal. One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert, witling. Informal: know it all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, smarty pants. Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy. See GOOD …

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  • 98witling — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun One who is obnoxiously self assertive and arrogant: malapert. Informal: know it all, saucebox, smart aleck, smarty, smarty pants, wisen heimer. Slang: wiseacre, wisecracker, wise guy. See GOOD …

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  • 99Fool — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Fool >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 fool fool idiot tomfool wiseacre simpleton witling dizzard donkey ass Sgm: N 1 ninny ninny ninnyhammer Sgm: N 1 chowderhead …

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  • 100hand — {{11}}hand (n.) O.E. hond, hand hand; side; power, control, possession, from P.Gmc. *khanduz (Cf. O.S., O.Fris., Du., Ger. hand, O.N. hönd, Goth. handus). The original Old English plural handa was superseded in Middle English by handen, later… …

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