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  • 91Stella Duffy — is a writer and actress born 1963 in London who spent her childhood in New Zealand before returning to the UK. [cite web |url=http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth250|title= Biography on British Council website] CareerShe has… …

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  • 92Proverbs 26 — 1 As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honour is not seemly for a fool. 2 As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come. 3 A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool s… …

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  • 93fancy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. imagination; idea, caprice, whim; preference, desire; reverie, daydream. v. t. imagine; believe, suppose, assume; like, desire, take to. See belief, supposition. adj. ornate, showy; superior,… …

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  • 94pride — noun 1) their triumphs were a source of pride Syn: self esteem, dignity, honor, self respect, self worth, self regard, pride in oneself Ant: shame 2) take pride in a good job well done Syn …

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  • 95caprice — caprice, freak, fancy, whim, whimsy, conceit, vagary, crotchet are comparable when denoting an arbitrary notion that usually lacks a logical basis and therefore may be unsound, impractical, or even irrational. Caprice emphasizes the lack of… …

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  • 96swelled head — noun an exaggerated opinion of your own importance • Syn: ↑egotism, ↑self importance • Derivationally related forms: ↑self important (for: ↑self importance), ↑egotistic ( …

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  • 97e|go|tism — «EE guh tihz uhm, EHG uh », noun. 1. a thinking, talking, or writing too much of oneself; excessive use of I, my, and me; conceit. 2. selfishness. ╂[< Latin ego I + inserted t + English ism] Usage Egotism …

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  • 98con·ceit — /kənˈsiːt/ noun, pl ceits 1 [noncount] : too much pride in your own worth or goodness His conceit has earned him many enemies. 2 [count] literary : an idea that shows imagination an artistic conceit a clever c …

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  • 99Concetti — Concetto Con*cet to (?; It. ?), n.; pl. {Concetti}. [It., fr. L. conceptus. See {Conceit}.] Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 100Concetto — Con*cet to (?; It. ?), n.; pl. {Concetti}. [It., fr. L. conceptus. See {Conceit}.] Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield. [1913 Webster] …

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