Unit 1 lesson 1 Flashcards
1
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sybarite
A
One who is fond of luxury and soft living
2
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Spoonerism
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An unintentional exchange of sounds
3
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Solecisms
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Substandard use of words; grammatical error; violation of good manners.
4
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Saturnine
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Sluggish; gloomy; grave
5
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Tawdry
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Cheap; gaudy; showy
6
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Pyrrhic victory
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A victory which is exceptionally costly.
7
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Quixotic
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Romantically idealistic; impractical
8
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Protean
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Changeable; taking on different forms
9
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Procrustean
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Designed to secure conformity; drastic
10
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Philippic
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Bitter verbal attack
11
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Philanderer
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One who makes love insincerely; one who engages in passing love affairs
12
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Nemesis
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Agent of retribution; just punishment
13
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Maverick
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One who acts independently
14
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Lothario
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Rake; seducer; lover
15
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Jingoist
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One who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy
