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factitious June 16, 2010

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Not produced by natural forces

” 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)

“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

“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

“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

“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

” 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)

“… 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

“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

” 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

” 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 …”