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CONCENTRATION |
Refinement |
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ELEGANCE |
Refinement |
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FINESSE |
Refinement |
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ELEGANCY |
Stylish refinement |
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TENUITY |
Refinement; delicacy. |
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OVERREFINEMENT |
Excessive refinement. |
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SUBTILTY |
Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. |
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SUBTILIZATION |
Refinement; subtlety; extreme attenuation. |
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POLISH |
Fig.: Refinement; elegance of manners. |
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INELEGANT |
Lacking refinement in a gentle fashion |
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ROUGH |
Hence, figuratively, lacking refinement, gentleness, or
polish. |
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RUDE |
Characterized by roughness; umpolished; raw; lacking
delicacy or refinement; coarse. |
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COUNTRY |
Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not
urbane; as, country manners. |
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EUPHUISM |
An affectation of excessive elegance and refinement of
language; high-flown diction. |
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EUPHUIZE |
To affect excessive refinement in language; to be
overnice in expression. |
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VULGARITY |
Grossness or clownishness of manners of language;
absence of refinement; coarseness. |
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POLITE |
Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish;
as, polite literature. |
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HOMELINESS |
Coarseness; simplicity; want of refinement; as, the
homeliness of manners, or language. |
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COARSE-GRAINED |
Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence,
wanting in refinement. |
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CIVILIZATION |
The act of civilizing, or the state of being
civilized; national culture; refinement. |
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URBANITY |
The quality or state of being urbane; civility or
courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement. |
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CULTIVATION |
The state of being cultivated; advancement in
physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture. |
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TEST |
A cupel or cupelling hearth in which precious metals are
melted for trial and refinement. |
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ELABORATION |
The act or process of producing or refining with
labor; improvement by successive operations; refinement. |
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BARBAIC |
Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person
or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement. |