Vocab 14
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| Adonis | very handsome man
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| atlas | book of maps
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| Baedeker | guidebook; handbook
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| bowdlerize | censure; expurgate; clear of words or passages thought to be objectionable
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| boycott | join with others to refuse to use, buy, or deal with
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| chauvinist | fanatical patriot; jingoist
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| cicerone | guide who explains to tourists the history and special features of a place
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| Damoclean | involving imminent disaster
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| gargantuan | enormous; gigantic; prodigious
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| John Hancock | person's signature
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| Machiavellian | crafty; deceitful; cunning
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| malapropism | humourous misuse of words by a person unaware of the error
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| mentor | wise, trusted advisor or teacher
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| mesmerize | hypnotize; spellbind; enthrall
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| odyssey | long, wandering journey
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| philippic | bitter denounciatory speech; tirade; jeremiad
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| quisling | traitor; collaborator
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| quixotic | impractically idealistic; visionary
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| sadistic | deriving pleasure by inflicting pain on others; deliberately cruel
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| stentorian | very loud
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| Pollyanna | anyone who is excessively and persistantly optimistic
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| Draconian | extremely harsh or severe
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