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  • 21meretriciousness — noun 1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility the speciousness of his argument • Syn: ↑speciousness • Derivationally related forms: ↑meretricious, ↑specious (for: ↑speciousness) …

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  • 22tawdriness — noun tasteless showiness • Syn: ↑flashiness, ↑garishness, ↑gaudiness, ↑loudness, ↑brashness, ↑meretriciousness, ↑glitz • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …

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  • 23meretriciousness — mer e*tri cious*ness n. 1. an appearance of truth that is false or deceptive; seeming plausibility. Syn: speciousness. [WordNet 1.5] 2. tasteless showiness. Syn: flashiness, garishness, gaudiness, loudness, tawdriness, glitz. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 24gaudy — I. adjective (gaudier; est) Date: 1582 1. ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented 2. marked by extravagance or sometimes tasteless showiness ; outlandish < gaudy lies > < gaudy claims >; also exceptional …

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  • 30Rosherville Gardens — was a pleasure garden in Gravesend, Kent, England.The GardensRosherville was opened in 1839 by George Jones (a business man from Islington in north London) on the site of a disused chalk pit in Northfleet. It became a favourite destination for&#8230; …

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