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  • 81sparkle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. glisten, spark, twinkle, flash, glitter, scintillate; effervesce, bubble. See light, cheerfulness. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. glitter, glisten, twinkle; see shine 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v …

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  • 82brilliance — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Exceptional brightness and clarity, as of a cut and polished stone: brilliancy, fire, luminosity, radiance. See LIGHT. 2. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination: brilliancy, fire, genius, inspiration. See GOOD. 3.… …

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  • 83brilliancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Exceptional brightness and clarity, as of a cut and polished stone: brilliance, fire, luminosity, radiance. See LIGHT. 2. Liveliness and vivacity of imagination: brilliance, fire, genius, inspiration. See GOOD. 3.… …

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  • 84gorgeousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Brilliant, showy splendor: brilliance, brilliancy, glitter, glory, magnificence, resplendence, resplendency, sparkle, sumptuousness. Informal: glitz. See BEAUTIFUL …

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  • 85resplendence — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Brilliant, showy splendor: brilliance, brilliancy, glitter, glory, gorgeousness, magnificence, resplendency, sparkle, sumptuousness. Informal: glitz. See BEAUTIFUL …

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  • 86resplendency — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Brilliant, showy splendor: brilliance, brilliancy, glitter, glory, gorgeousness, magnificence, resplendence, sparkle, sumptuousness. Informal: glitz. See BEAUTIFUL …

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  • 87sumptuous — sump|tu|ous [ˈsʌmptʃuəs] adj [Date: 1400 1500; : Old French; Origin: sumptueux, from Latin sumptuosus, from sumptus cost ] very impressive and expensive ▪ a sumptuous feast ▪ a sumptuous palace >sumptuously adv >sumptuousness n [U] …

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  • 88Sybarite —    Around 720 B.C. a group of Greeks immigrated to Lucania, a region in southern Italy, and founded a city that they named Sybaris. Its inhabitants followed such a liberal policy of admitting people from all lands that the city flourished and was …

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  • 89luxe — luxury, elegance, 1550s, from Fr. luxe luxury, sumptuousness, profusion, from L. luxus (see LUXURY (Cf. luxury)) …

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  • 90luxe — lÊŒks n. elegance; luxury; sumptuousness; state of being elegantly expensive adj. luxurious; elegant and costly …

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