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101culture — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cultivation, tillage; development, education, learning; enlightenment; refinement, breeding, polish; civilization. See agriculture, courtesy, improvement, knowledge. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of… …
102fashion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Prevailing mode Nouns 1. fashion, style, [bon] ton, society; good society, polite society; drawing room, civilized life, civilization; town; haut or beau monde, high life, court; world; haute couture,… …
103boast — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brag, bragging, vaunt, source of pride, gasconade, pretension, self satisfaction, avowal, bravado, bluster. v. 1. [To brag] Syn. gloat, triumph, brag, swagger, exult, crow, show off, vaunt, swell, strut, bluff, flaunt,… …
104gallantry — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. heroism, valor, chivalry; see courage 1 , courtesy 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. 1. bravery daring, courage, valor, heroism, chivalry, nobility, dauntlessness, fearlessness, *derring do, intrepidity. 2. politeness… …
105refinement — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The act of refining] Syn. cleaning, cleansing, purification, distillation, clarification, clarifying, draining, elutriation, depuration, detersion, cracking, filtration. 2. [Culture] Syn. civilization, cultivation, erudition …
106savoir faire — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) n. [SAV wahr FEHR] social know how. He always knew what to say; he had great savoir faire. SYN.: social know how, sophistication, cultivation, worldliness, graciousness, suavity, smoothness, social… …
107Courtesy — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Courtesy >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 courtesy courtesy Sgm: N 1 respect respect &c. 928 Sgm: N 1 good manners good manners good behavior good breeding Sgm: N 1 manners manners Sgm: N 1 politeness …
108suave — [swa:v] adj [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: pleasant, sweet , from Latin suavis] someone who is suave is polite, confident, and relaxed, sometimes in an insincere way ▪ a suave and sophisticated gentleman >suavely adv >suavity suaveness …
109suave — (adj.) early 15c., gracious, kindly, from M.Fr. suave, from L. suavis agreeable, from PIE root *swad (see SWEET (Cf. sweet)). In reference to persons, sense of smoothly agreeable first recorded 1815 (in suavity) …
110suave — [swα:v] adjective (suaver, suavest) (of a man) charming, confident, and elegant. Derivatives suavely adverb suaveness noun suavity vɪti noun (plural suavities) …
