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  • 81fanfare — noun 1) a fanfare announced her arrival Syn: trumpet call, flourish, fanfaronade; archaic trump 2) the project was greeted with great fanfare Syn: fuss, commotion, show, display, ostentation, flashiness, pageantry …

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  • 82ostentation — noun most car buyers are looking for a lot more than ostentation Syn: showiness, show, pretentiousness, vulgarity, conspicuousness, display, flamboyance, gaudiness, brashness, extravagance, ornateness, exhibitionism; informal flashiness, glitz,… …

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  • 83pretension — noun 1) the author has no pretension to exhaustive coverage Syn: aspiration, claim, assertion, pretense, profession 2) she spoke without pretension Syn: pretentiousness, affectation, ostentation, artificiality, airs …

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  • 84tinsel — noun the tinsel of Hollywood Syn: ostentation, showiness, show, glitter, flamboyance, gaudiness; attractiveness, glamour; informal flashiness, ritz, glitz, garishness, razzle dazzle, razzmatazz, eye candy …

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  • 85fame — n Fame, renown, honor, glory, celebrity, reputation, repute, notoriety, éclat are comparable when they mean the character or state of being widely known by name for one s deeds and, often, one s achievements. Fame is the most inclusive and in… …

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  • 86adornment — n 1. ornament, decoration, frill, filigree, flourish, furbelow; tinsel, spangle, trinket, knick knack, gimcrack, bauble, gewgaw; accessory, attachment. 2. ornamentation, embellishment, trimming, garnish, garnishment, garniture, Archaic. ouch;… …

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  • 87bravery — n 1. courage, valor, valorousness, valiancy, valiance, heroism, prowess, stout heartedness, lionheartedness or lion heartedness, ironheartedness or iron heartedness, great heartedness or greatheartedness, high heartedness; virility, manliness,… …

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  • 88chic — adj 1. stylish, fashionable, smart, natty, spruce, dapper, trim; modish, a go go, in the very latest style; in vogue, a la mode, in fashion, in style; popular, in, Sl. in the groove, all the rage; up to date, current, modern, mod, new; up to the… …

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  • 89flash — n 1. streak, patch, glint, lightning; shaft, ray, beam; gleam, glare, fulguration, coruscation; brightness, dazzle, dazzling, bedazzlement, bedazzling, blinding; blaze, flame, flare, spark, scintilla, scintillation; shimmer, flicker, twinkle,… …

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  • 90frippery — n 1. finery, best clothes, best bib and tucker, Inf.Sunday clothes, Inf.Sunday best, Inf.Sunday go to meetings, Sl. glad rags, Sl. heavy threads. 2. frilliness, frills, frills and furbelows, falderal, trumpery, gaudery, fuss, Inf. foofaraw, Sl.… …

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