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affected, dainty, delicate, effeminate, elegant, euphemistic, exquisite, fastidious, finical, finicky, foppish, formalistic, fussy, goody good-good, goody-goody,

   firm - Christian, abiding, accepted, adamant, agency, airtight, anchored, anneal, approved, at a standstill, atelier, authentic, authoritative, balance, balanced,

   caustic critic - cynic, debunker, disparager, hatchet man, knocker, muckraker, mudslinger, slanderer ,

   gobbledygook - Babel, Greek, absurdity, argot, babble, balderdash, blabber, blather, bombast, bull, bunkum, cant, cipher, claptrap, code,

   elevenses - TV dinner, barbecue, breakfast, brunch, coffee break, diner, dinner, fish fry, lunch, luncheon, mash, picnic, snack, supper, tea,

   penny dreadful - dreadful, novel, shocker, short story, thriller, vignette ,

   obloquy - abuse, adverse criticism, animadversion, aspersion, bad notices, bad press, calumny, captiousness, carping, cavil, cavilling, censoriousness, contumely, criticism, degradation,

   splay - addition, adjunct, aggrandizement, amplification, attenuation, augmentation, awkward, bestrew, branch, branch out, broadcast, broadcasting, broadening, crescendo, deal out,

   wresting - claim, demand, exaction, extortion, ripping, wrench, wrest, wring ,

   stipendiary - almsman, annuitant, assign, assignee, beneficiary, dower, dowered, dowry, endowed, grantee, invested, legatee, patentee, pensioner, subsidiary ,

   bulkiness - impracticality, inconvenience, ponderousness ,