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33 Cards in this Set
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Martinet |
a strict disciplinarian |
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Sycophant |
a toady to people of wealth or power |
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Dilettante |
a dabbler in the arts |
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Virago |
a shrewish, loud mouthed female |
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Hypochondriac |
a person whose emotional disorder is reflected in imaginary bodily ailments |
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Lecher |
a lewd and sexually aggressive male |
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Iconoclast |
a scoffer at tradition |
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Monomaniac |
person with a one track mind |
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Chauvinist |
a blatant super patriot |
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Patrimony |
Inheritance from one's father |
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Patricide |
Murder of one's father |
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Matricide |
Murder of one' mother |
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Fratricide |
Murder of one's brother |
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Sororicide |
Murder of one's sister |
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Homicide |
Murder of a person with motive |
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Man-slaughter |
Killing a person without motive |
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Regicide |
Murder of one's king |
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Uxoricide |
Murder of one's wife |
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Genocide |
Murder of one groups of people |
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Matriarch |
Mother ruler |
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Matron |
Older woman |
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Alma mater |
One's school or college |
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Patriarch |
Father ruler |
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Parricide |
Murder of either or both parents |
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Patronymic |
Name from father |
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Diaphanous |
Filmy, gauzy |
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Tyro |
A beginner |
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Virtuoso |
An accomplished musician |
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Termagant |
Loud mouthed woman |
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Homonyms |
Words that sound alike but differ in meaning and spelling |
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Paternalism |
System in which those in power have father child relation with their sub ordinates |
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Mariticide |
Murder of one' husband |
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Harridan |
Loud mouthed woman |
