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a special right or privilege; a special quality showing excellence
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prerogative
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(adj) pertaining to an outlying area; local, narrow in mind or outlook, countrified in the sense of being limited and backward; of a simple, plain design that originated in the countryside. (n) a person with a narrow point of view; a person from an outlying area; a solider from a providence or colony
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provincial
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to make pretense of, imitate; to show the outer signs of
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simulate
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to rise above or beyond, exceed
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transcend
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shade cast by trees; foliage giving shade; an overshadowing influence or power; offense, resentment; a vague suspicion
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umbrage
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excessively smooth or smug; trying too hard to give an impression of earnestness, sincerity, or piety; fatty, oily; pliable
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unctuous
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