KEY: Bolster.

SYN: Support, prop, help, aid, sustain, subsidize, patch, tinker, buoy.

ANT: Depress, dispirit, relax.

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KEY: Bombast.

SYN: Rhodomontade, braggadocio, gasconade, bluster, inflatedness, pomposity, exaggerativeness, fustian.

ANT: Truthfulness, moderation, refrain, veracity, modesty, temperateness, humility.

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KEY: Bombastic, [See OSTENTATION].

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