factitious June 16, 2010
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Not produced by natural forces |
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” The novel is a factitious account written from his perspective and talks about the change he was trying to bring and the reason behind them. …” |
epicure June 16, 2010
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A person devoted to refined sensuous enjoyment (especially good food and drink) |
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“Rancho de Chimayó, presided over since 1965 by elegant owner-manager Florence Jaramillo, entices the wayfaring epicure with subtleties wrought from the .. ” |
dowdy June 16, 2010
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Lacking in smartness or taste |
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“the way she answers him with the roundhouse slap he deserves, then walks away in her slightly dowdy good suit and pearls. The character never says a word, … ” |
donkey’s years June 16, 2010
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A prolonged period of time |
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“Take Abhishek Bachchan who’s been a soccer fan since donkey’s years. Way back in 1994, Paa Amitabh Bachchan had taken Abhishek on a surprise visit to the US … ” |
coxcomb June 16, 2010
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A conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments |
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“WITH the gold lamé jacket and the platinum highlights in that trademark blond coxcomb he looks less Denis Law and more Barry Manilow these days, .. ” |
claptrap June 16, 2010
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Pompous or pretentious talk or writing |
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” If Jennifer Egan is our reward for living through the self-conscious gimmicks and ironic claptrap of postmodernism, …” |
circumvent June 16, 2010
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Avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues) |
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“… jury will review a complaint filed in the Steve McNair murder-suicide case, presented in an effort to circumvent prosecutors and get the case reopened. … ” |
canard June 16, 2010
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A deliberately misleading fabrication |
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“There has always been this canard that running a company is good preparation for managing a state,” said Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley veteran and futurist. … ” |
cadaverous June 16, 2010
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Very thin especially from disease, hunger or cold |
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” Last week, pictures surfaced of a cadaverous-looking Fiddy, who cut 50 pounds to play a cancer patient in “Things Fall Apart,” a movie he wrote and which … |
boggle June 16, 2010
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Startle with amazement or fear |
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” Making the transition from softball player to a baseball player awaiting a professional contract in five years may boggle the minds of the people around him …” |