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to deny.
"She was too honest to gainsay the truth of the report." |
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loquacious, wordy, talkative.
"My uncle Harry can out-talk any other three people I know. He is the most garrulous person in Cayuga County." |
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to urge on.
"She was goaded by her friends until she yielded to their wishes." |
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to overcharge.
"During the World Series, ticket scalpers tried to gouge the public, asking the astronomical prices even for the bleacher seats." |
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pompous; using high-sounding language, bombastic.
"The politician could never speak simply, she was always grandiloquent." |
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sociable.
"Typically, party-throwers are gregarious; hermits are not." |
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without deceit.
"He is naive, simple, and guileless; he cannot be guilty of fraud." |
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easily deceived.
"Gullible people have only themselves to blame if they fall for con artists repeatedly." |
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