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15 Cards in this Set
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jingoist
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one who boats about his patriotism and favors a warlike policy
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Lothario
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rake, seducer lover
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maverick
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one who acts independently
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nemesis
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agent of retrubition
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philanderer
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one who makes love insincerely one who engages in passing love affairs
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philippic
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bitter verbal attack
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procrustean
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designed to secure conformity drastic
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protean
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changeable taking on different forms
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pyrrhic victory
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costly victory
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quixotic
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impractical
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saturnine
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gloomny grave
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solecism
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violation of good manners
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spoonerism
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unintential mix of sounds
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sybarite
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fond of luxury and soft living
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tawdry
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cheap cawdry showy
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