dilettante, dilettantish

Chock T. (United States of America)
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  1. dilettante
    an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention
  2. dilettantish
    showing frivolous or superficial interest; amateurish
  3. sciolist
    an amateur who engages in an activity without serious intentions and who pretends to have knowledge
  4. milieu
    the environmental condition
  5. rile
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  6. nettle
    plant having stinging hairs that cause skin irritation
  7. fret
    be agitated or irritated
  8. chafe
    become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
  9. miff
    a state of irritation or annoyance
  10. besot
    make someone dazed or foolish
  11. guise
    an artful or simulated semblance
  12. simulation
    the act of imitating the behavior of some situation
  13. dissembling
    pretending with intention to deceive
  14. intelligentsia
    an educated elite
  15. clerisy
    an educated and intellectual elite
  16. preposition
    a word before a noun or pronoun connecting to another word
  17. proposition
    a suggestion offered for acceptance or rejection
  18. imperious
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  19. disdainful
    having or showing arrogant superiority
  20. snide
    expressive of contempt
  21. sneering
    expressive of contempt
  22. tittle-tattle
    light informal conversation for social occasions
Created on Wed Jan 23 01:58:12 EST 2013 (updated Wed Jan 23 02:26:50 EST 2013)

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