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genteel
1. polite, refined, or respectable, often in an affected or ostentatious way
“her genteel upbringing”
adjective
/dʒɛnˈtil/
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"He hid a cold heart behind a genteel _____."
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Choose the phrase that uses genteel correctly
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Find a word related to genteel
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