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  • 31gaud|y — gaud|y1 «G dee», adjective, gaud|i|er, gaud|i|est, noun, plural gaud|ies. –adj. 1. too bright and gay to be in good taste; cheap and showy: »gaudy jewelry. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy …

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  • 32David O'Hanlon (priest) — Father David O Hanlon (born 1969) is a controversial Irish Roman Catholic priest and theologian. His attacks on the then President of Ireland, on members of the Irish hierarchy and fellow priests, and on the Irish media earned him notoriety. His… …

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  • 33performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical.       The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …

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  • 34Ostentation — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Ostentation >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 ostentation ostentation display show flourish parade etalage pomp array state solemnity Sgm: N 1 dash dash splash sp …

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  • 35array — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clothing, apparel; host, multitude; arrangement. See assemblage, ostentation, continuity, order. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Formal order] Syn. design, pattern, arrangement; see …

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  • 36attire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. dress, clothing, garb. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) I n. dress, clothing, apparel, garb, costume, raiment, *duds, *togs, outfit, garments, *threads. II v. dress, clothe, garb, deck out, fit out,… …

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  • 37ranc — adj 1. proud, haughty, arrogant, insolent; the word remains with a somewhat different meaning in rank, used of coarse but fertile growth; forward, proud, overbearing; 2. applied to dress, showy, ostentatious; 2a. showy in appearance, splendid in… …

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  • 38Canons and Canonesses Regular — • According to St. Thomas Aquinas, a canon regular is essentially a religious cleric Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Canons and Canonesses Regular     Canons and Canonesses Regular …

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  • 39ostentation — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Pretentious display Nouns 1. ostentation, ostentatiousness, display, show, flourish, parade; pomp, array, state, solemnity; dash, splash, glitter, strut; bombast, pomposity (see boasting); tinsel,… …

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  • 40Flash — Flash, a. 1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. [1913 Webster] 2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; applied especially to… …

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