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Modest
Modest
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Definition/Meaning
(adjective)
a moderate estimate of one's abilities, or limited in size or amount;
e.g. She was modest about her success so as to not look like a braggart.
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Comme il faut
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Decent
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Diffident
Down-to-earth
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Fireside
G-rated
Grated
Humble
Immaculate
Intermediate
Introverted
Lone wolf
Lowly
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Media
Median
Medium
Meek
Middle
Middling
Midsize
Minimalist
Moderate
Pure
Recessive
Retiring
Self-conscious
Self-contained
Self-critical
Self-deprecating
Self-deprecatory
Self-disciplined
Self-doubting
Self-effacing
Sheepish
Shy
Toadyish
Unadventurous
Unarrogant
Unassertive
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Unpretentious
Unspotted
Vestal
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August
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Authoritative
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Baroque
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Boon
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Brash
Brassbound
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Brazen
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Caddish
Catchy
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Chichi
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Florid
Forceful
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Free
Fresh
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Gallant
Garish
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Gingerbread
Glorious
Grabby
Grand
Grandiose
Gregarious
Hammy
Haughty
Heroic
Hifalutin
High-handed
High-hat
High-pressure
High-toned
Highfalutin
Histrionic
Hoity-toity
Holier-than-thou
Homeric
Horny
Hot
Hubristic
Huffy
Hypersexual
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Ill-mannered
Immodest
Imperial
Imperious
Impertinent
Impolite
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In-your-face
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Individual
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Insane
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Involved
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Lewd
Libidinous
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Lordly
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Mannered
Marked
Massive
Masterful
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Meretricious
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Monumental
Narcissistic
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Nervy
Noble
Noisy
Noticeable
Obscene
Optimal
Ornate
Ostentatious
Outgoing
Overbearing
Overbold
Overbright
Overconfident
Overdue
Oversexed
Overweening
Overwrought
Palatine
Passionate
Patronizing
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Peremptory
Persnickety
Pompous
Potty
Presumptuous
Pretentious
Prideful
Private
Prominent
Pronounced
Proud
Pushy
Randy
Rare
Razzle-dazzle
Regal
Regimental
Remarkable
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Ritzy
Royal
Rude
Salacious
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Saucy
Secure
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Self-applauding
Self-asserting
Self-assertive
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Self-dramatizing
Self-flattering
Self-important
Self-obsessed
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Self-satisfied
Showy
Skanky
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Smutty
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Sociable
Social
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Special
Splashy
Splendid
Splendiferous
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Superior
Swank
Tainted
Tasteless
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Thoughtless
Toffee
Toffee-nosed
Toplofty
Touchy-feely
Trigger-happy
Tyrannical
Tyrannous
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Uncalled-for
Unchaste
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Undue
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Unhandsome
Uninhibited
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Genteel
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Inoffensive
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Low-key
Maiden
Mannerly
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Menial
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Routine
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Unstained
Unsullied
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