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15 Cards in this Set
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Pyrrhic victory
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(victory) to costly
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jingoist
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super-patriot
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spoonerism
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interchange of initial sounds
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maverick
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acts independently
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solecism
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language error
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nemesis
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retribution
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tawdry
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gaudy
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procrustean
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designed to secure conformity
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sybarite
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fond of high living
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philanderer
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unfaithful lover
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protean
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changeable
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lothario
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rake; seducer; lover
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quixotic
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impractical
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philippic
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bitter verbal attack
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saturnine
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sluggish
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