pretentious, sesquipedalian, pontifical

Pratish T. (India)
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  1. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  2. sesquipedalian
    a very long word (a foot and a half long)
  3. pontifical
    proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope
  4. parvenue
    of or characteristic of a parvenu
  5. hoity-toity
    pretentious or excessively fancy
  6. sententious
    concise and full of meaning
Created on Fri Aug 12 01:17:22 EDT 2011

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