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• (snob) ( ,<br />

)<br />

• a person who believes himself or herself an expert or connoisseur in a given<br />

field and is condescending toward or disdainful of those who hold other<br />

opinions or have different tastes regarding this field; a musical snob;<br />

haughty : cavalier^ cavalcade<br />

• (cavalier)- a horseman, esp. a mounted soldier; knight, ( );<br />

• haughty, disdainful, or supercilious, ( ; ; ;<br />

; ); The system which has seen cavalier disregard of immigration<br />

rules become the norm in the Home office;<br />

• (cavalcade)- a procession of persons riding on horses, in horsedrawn<br />

carriages, in cars, etc, ( ); The rear of<br />

the cavalcade was brought up by more mules and the chariots bearing his<br />

plate and tents and all the other equipage with which a prince was wont to<br />

travel. — The Life of Cesare Borgia;<br />

brazen = bald-faced = bodacious = brash = insolent = impudent =<br />

impertinent(pert) = lippy = sassy = brassy = overbold = assuming = assumptive =<br />

presumptuous > presumption = effrontery = assumption<br />

• (brazen)- shameless or impudent, ( ; ); "They're bold, brazen,<br />

abominable creatures, invented for the annoyance and destruction of their<br />

superiors. — Lady Audley's Secret;<br />

• like brass, as in sound, color, or strength, ( ;<br />

);<br />

• (bald-faced)- barefaced;<br />

• (bodacious)- audacious (recklessly brave); bold or brazen; Failure to comply<br />

with this ruling would result in a bodacious lawsuit;<br />

• thorough; blatant; unmistakable;<br />

• (brash)- impertinent; impudent; tactless, ( ; ; ); The man<br />

was cocky and brash, but with a dangerous edge to him, as well. — Ilse<br />

Witch;<br />

• (insolent)- boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent;<br />

insulting, ( ; ); They became insolent, and unwisely showed their<br />

contempt for the religious and social institutions which they aimed to<br />

overthrow. — Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of<br />

Freemasonry;<br />

);

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