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Gauche
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Lacking social polish; tactless. |
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Sprightly
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Full of spirit and vitality; lively; brisk. |
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Fastidious
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Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail. |
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Ethos
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The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement.
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Obstreperous
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Marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness
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Hegira
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A flight to escape danger.
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Pulchritude
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Great physical beauty and appeal.
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Amiable
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Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable.
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Demimonde
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A group whose respectability is dubious or whose success is marginal.
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Evince
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To show clearly; to show a feeling or a quality clearly.
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Evince
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To show clearly; to show a feeling or a quality clearly.
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Raconteur
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One who tells stories and anecdotes with skill and wit.
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Vociferous
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Characterized by noisy and determined shouting.
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Riant
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Cheerful; mirthful.
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Snollygoster
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A shrewd, unprincipled person.
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Prescience
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Knowledge of events before they take place.
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Penny-farthing
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An old-fashioned kind of bicycle with a huge front wheel.
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Bugaboo
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An object of obsessive, usually exaggerated fear or anxiety.
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Jocose
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Given to joking; merry.
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Tetchy
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Peevish; testy. |
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