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15 Cards in this Set
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jingoist |
one who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy |
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lothario |
rake, seducer, lover |
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maverick |
independent person |
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nemesis |
arch enemy |
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philanderer |
one who makes love insincerely, one who engages in passing love affairs |
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philippic |
biter verbal attack |
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procrustean |
designed to secure conformity, doesnt care about personal differences |
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protean |
changeable, taking on different forms |
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pyrrhic victory |
very costly victory |
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quixotic |
romantically idealistic, impractical, unrealistic |
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saturnine |
gloomy, distant, sluggish, grave |
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solecism |
substandard use of words, violation of god manners, mistake |
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spoonerism |
a unintentional exchange of sounds |
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sybarite |
one who is fond of luxury and living |
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tawdry |
cheap, showy, gaudy, extravagant |
