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Cynical :: Cynical (a.) Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature..

Arrogant :: Arrogant (a.) Containing arrogance; marked with arrogance; proceeding from undue claims or self-importance; -- applied to things; as, arrogant pretensions or behavior..

Villa :: Villa (n.) A country seat; a country or suburban residence of some pretensions to elegance.

Don :: Don (n.) A grand personage, or one making pretension to consequence; especially, the head of a college, or one of the fellows at the English universities..

Know-all :: Know-all (n.) One who knows everything; hence, one who makes pretension to great knowledge; a wiseacre; -- usually ironical..

Canter :: Canter (n.) One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

Pretension :: Pretension (n.) The act of pretending, or laying claim; the act of asserting right or title..

Pretence :: Pretence (n.) The act of laying claim; the claim laid; assumption; pretension.

Charlatan :: Charlatan (n.) One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank..

Misprofess :: Misprofess (v. i.) To make a false profession; to make pretensions to skill which is not possessed.

Pharisee :: Pharisee (n.) One of a sect or party among the Jews, noted for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews..

Pretentious :: Pretentious (a.) Full of pretension; disposed to lay claim to more than is one's; presuming; assuming.

Quack :: Quack (v. i.) To make vain and loud pretensions; to boast.

Pretension :: Pretension (n.) A claim made, whether true or false; a right alleged or assumed; a holding out the appearance of possessing a certain character; as, pretensions to scholarship..

Charlatanical :: Charlatanical (a.) Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.

Arrogative :: Arrogative (a.) Making undue claims and pretension; prone to arrogance.

Charlatanry :: Charlatanry (n.) Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.

Arrogate :: Arrogate (v. t.) To assume, or claim as one's own, unduly, proudly, or presumptuously; to make undue claims to, from vanity or baseless pretensions to right or merit; as, the pope arrogated dominion over kings..

Highflier :: Highflier (n.) One who is extravagant in pretensions, opinions, or manners..

Braggadocio :: Braggadocio (n.) Empty boasting; mere brag; pretension.

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