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								of surpassing excellence a brilliant performance
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								having or marked by unusual and impressive intelligence
 a brilliant mind
 a brilliant solution to the problem
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								characterized by grandeur
 the brilliant court life at Versailles
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								having striking color
 brilliant tapestries
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								full of light; shining intensely
 a brilliant star
 brilliant chandeliers
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								clear and sharp and ringing
 the brilliant sound of the trumpets
 
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