Vocabulary Word
Word: tout
Definition: promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise
Definition: promote or publicize (one's goods or service); praise excessively (as a form of advertisement); CF. advertise
Sentences Containing 'tout'
"'L'homme c'est rien--l'oeuvre c'est tout,' as Gustave Flaubert wrote to George Sand."
And off he went, this trusty tout, without even giving me time to thank him.
More Vocab Words
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::: optional - not compulsory; left to one's choice; N. option: act of choosing; choice; freedom or power to choose; something available as a choice; Ex. have no option; Ex. two options
::: shirk - avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger
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::: smirk - conceited smile; offensively self-satisfied smile (often at someone else's misfortune); V.
::: glutinous - sticky; viscous; gluey
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