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Braggart | noun 1.a person who does a lot of bragging. adjective 2.bragging; boastful. |
Dilettante | 1.a person who takes up an art, activity, or subject merely for amusement, especially in a desultory or superficial way; dabbler. 2.a lover of an art or science, especially of a fine art. |
Pilferer | Verb; to steal especially in small quantities |
Prevaricator | 1.a person who speaks falsely; liar. 2.a person who speaks so as to avoid the precise truth; quibbler; equivocator. |
Raconteur | a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly |
supplant | verb (used with object) 1.to take the place of (another), as through force, scheming, strategy, or the like. 2.to replace (one thing) by something else |
finagle | verb (used with object) 1.to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of) 2.to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation. |
winnow | to subject to some process of separating or distinguishing; analyze critically; sift. to separate or distinguish |
Collude | To plot |
Vicarious | 2.taking the place of another person or thing; acting or serving as a substitute. 3.felt or enjoyed through imagined participation in the experience of others. |
Innocuous | 1.not harmful or injurious; harmless. 2.not likely to irritate or offend; inoffensive. 3.not interesting, stimulating, or significant; pallid; insipid. |
Urbane | having the polish and suavity regarded as characteristic of sophisticated social life in major cities: an urbane manner. 2. reflecting elegance, sophistication, etc., especially in expression: He maintained an urbane tone in his letters. |
Inculcate | to cause or influence (someone) to accept an idea or feeling |