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to adorn, especially in a cheap, showy manner; festoon, caparison
"The speakeasy was bedizened with every manner of tawdry decoration." |
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to coax with flattery, toady or fawn
"Blandishment plus a really big present might convince me to forgive you." |
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to bring up, announce, begin to talk about
"To broach the subect of her truly hideous brooch would have been impolitic." |
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rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
"Their plans for a life of bucolic tranquility were shattered when they discovered the brochure for the housing development." |
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labrynthine, complex
"Tom's byzantine explanation of why he missed curfew was confucing to all." |
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