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Pedant :: Pedant (n.) One who puts on an air of learning; one who makes a vain display of learning; a pretender to superior knowledge.

Vaunt :: Vaunt (n.) A vain display of what one is, or has, or has done; ostentation from vanity; a boast; a brag..

Foil :: Foil (v. t.) To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.

Crack :: Crack (v. i.) To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of..

Vainly :: Vainly (adv.) In a vain manner; in vain.

Mountebankery :: Mountebankery (n.) The practices of a mountebank; quackery; boastful and vain pretenses.

Vaniloquence :: Vaniloquence (n.) Vain or foolish talk.

Vauntful :: Vauntful (a.) Given to vaunting or boasting; vainly ostentatious; boastful; vainglorious.

Inutility :: Inutility (n.) Uselessness; the quality of being unprofitable; unprofitableness; as, the inutility of vain speculations and visionary projects..

Boasting :: Boasting (n.) The act of glorying or vaunting; vainglorious speaking; ostentatious display.

Light :: Light (superl.) Easy to admit influence; inconsiderate; easily influenced by trifling considerations; unsteady; unsettled; volatile; as, a light, vain person; a light mind..

Puff :: Puff (a.) Puffed up; vain.

Swagger :: Swagger (v. i.) To boast or brag noisily; to be ostentatiously proud or vainglorious; to bluster; to bully.

Vaunt :: Vaunt (v. i.) To boast; to make a vain display of one's own worth, attainments, decorations, or the like; to talk ostentatiously; to brag..

Fanfaronade :: Fanfaronade (n.) A swaggering; vain boasting; ostentation; a bluster.

Rodomont :: Rodomont (n.) A vain or blustering boaster; a braggart; a braggadocio.

Boastful :: Boastful (a.) Given to, or full of, boasting; inclined to boast; vaunting; vainglorious; self-praising..

Ineffectually :: Ineffectually (adv.) Without effect; in vain.

Jangling :: Jangling (n.) Idle babbling; vain disputation.

Chimera :: Chimera (n.) A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author..

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