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Written by Timothy Sexton
Seamy, cheap and tasteless.
A feeling of nervousness, anxiety, worry and fear of the immediate future.
Confident self-composure, poise and an air of unstudied coolness.
Using flattery and other subtle means of emotionally manipulating others.
Inevitable or inescapable.
Aggressively helpful where no help is wanted.
Demanding to be treated as inherently worthy of the highest respect and esteem.
An investigative journalist sniffing out corruption at high levels.
Saturated, flooded, permeated or soaked through with liquid.
Old-fashioned and conservative; solemn and dignified.
A show of moral and ethical superiority when criticizing others.
Loyal, true and steadfast.
A state of utter disbelief or skepticism.
True for all intents and purposes, but not necessarily so in actuality.
Spotless and untainted; pure.
Firm and uncompromising on a position or decison.
The ultimate example of an ideal conception of a thing.
Sappy and overly sentimentalized.
Term used to describe group of American writers living in Paris in the eary part of the 20th century.
Iconic representative of the female during the Jazz Age characterized by short bobbed hair, a preference for cigarettes, a significantly more exhibitionistic display of sexuality and tight, fringed dresses.
Extreme authoritarian and nationalistic right-wing political and social ideology.
Slang term for liquor.
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