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  • 42modest — modestly, adv. /mod ist/, adj. 1. having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one s merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions. 2. free from ostentation or showy extravagance: a modest house. 3 …

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  • 43Fashions — ▪ 2009       The faltering global economy determined the direction of fashion during 2008. Initially, the euro s significant appreciation against the dollar proved a boon to style conscious travelers who, visiting the U.S. from abroad as the year …

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  • 44prim — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. precise, demure, formal, priggish; fussy, prudish. See affectation.Ant., casual. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stiff, formal, precise, demure, decorous, nice, orderly, tidy, cleanly, trim, spruce,… …

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  • 45modest — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Humble] Syn. unassuming, meek, diffident, shy; see humble 1 , resigned . 2. [Not showy] Syn. unpretentious, unostentatious, unobtrusive, demure, quiet, seemly, proper, decorous, unstudied, plain, simple, natural,… …

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  • 46Unbelief — (Roget s Thesaurus) Doubt. < N PARAG:Unbelief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unbelief unbelief disbelief misbelief Sgm: N 1 discredit discredit miscreance Sgm: N 1 infidelity infidelity &c.(irreligion) 989 Sgm: N 1 dissent dissent …

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  • 47modest — mod•est [[t]ˈmɒd ɪst[/t]] adj. 1) having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one s merits, importance, etc 2) free from ostentation: a modest house[/ex] 3) having or showing regard for the decencies of behavior, speech, dress, etc 4)… …

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  • 48demureness — noun 1. the trait of behaving with reserve and decorum • Derivationally related forms: ↑demure • Hypernyms: ↑modesty, ↑reserve 2. the affectation of being demure in a provocative way • Syn: ↑coyness …

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  • 49de|mure´ness — de|mure «dih MYUR», adjective, mur|er, mur|est. 1. seeming more modest and proper than one really is; coy: »the demure smile of a flirt. SYNONYM(S): prim. See syn. under modest. (Cf. ↑ …

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  • 50de|mure´ly — de|mure «dih MYUR», adjective, mur|er, mur|est. 1. seeming more modest and proper than one really is; coy: »the demure smile of a flirt. SYNONYM(S): prim. See syn. under modest. (Cf. ↑ …

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