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15 Cards in this Set
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jingoist
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one who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign 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 retribution; just punishment
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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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a victory that is exceptionally costly
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quixotic
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romantically idealistic; impractical
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saturnine
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sluggish; gloomy; grave
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solecism
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substandard use of words; violation of good manners
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spoonerism
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an unintentional exchange of sounds
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sybarite
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one who is fond of luxury and soft living
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tawdry
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cheap; gawdy; showy
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