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10 Cards in this Set
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Jingoist
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somone who boasts about his patriotism, and favors war like foreign policy
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Lothario
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seducer, lover
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Nemesis
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agent of retribution, just punishment
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philanderer
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one who makes love insinserley, one who engages in passing love affairs; occupation.
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Philippic
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bitter verbal attack
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Sybarite
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one who is fond of luxury and soft living
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procrustean
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designed to secure conformity; drasitic
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protean
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changeable, talking in diffrent forms (adjective)
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Spoonerisim
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unintentional exchange of sounds
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Phyrric Victory
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victory that is exceptionally costly
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