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Vocabulary #11 Flashcards

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Atlas

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Book of maps

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Adonis

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Very handsome man

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Boycott

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Join with others to refuse to use, but, or deal with

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Chauvinist

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Fanatical patriot; jingoist

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Gargantuan

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Enormous; gigantic; prodigious

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Machiavellian

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Crafty; deceitful; cunning

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Malapropism

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Humorous misuse of words by a person unaware of the error

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Odyssey

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Long, wandering journey

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Quixotic

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Im practically idealistic; visionary

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Sadistic

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Deriving pleasure by inflicting pain on others; deliberately cruel

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