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15 Cards in this Set
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One who boasts about patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy.
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Jingoist
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Seducer; lover.
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Lothario
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One who acts independently.
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Maverick
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Agent of retributuion; just punishment.
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Nemesis
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Philander
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One who makes love insincerely; one who engages in passing love affairs.
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Bitter verbal attack.
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Phillippic
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Designed to secure conformity; drastic.
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Procrustean
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Protean
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Changeable; taking on different forms.
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Pyrrhic victory
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Victory which is exceptionally costly.
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Quixotic
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Romantically ideralistic; impractical.
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Saturnine
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Sluggish; gloomy; grave.
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Substandard use of words; violation of good manners.
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Solecism
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Spoonerism
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An unintentional exchange of sounds.
"conquering kings" comes out as "kinkering congs" |
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One who is fond of luxory and soft living.
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Sybarite
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Cheap; gaudy; showy.
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Tawdry
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