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HANSEN WEEK 4 VOCAB

HANSAN WEEK 4 VOCAB - REAL NAMES AND PLACES THAT ARE WORDS

TermDefinition
berserk -violently crazy -viking warrior name
bloomers -comfortable pants for women -Amelia Bloomer
bowdler(ize) -by editing, weaking it -Thomas Bowdler
boycott -group of people fighting something -captin CC Boycott
chauvin (ist) --one-sided, stubbern -Nicholas chauvin -completely loyal to Napolean
derrick -hoisting mech. (crane) -Goodman Derrick
Machiavelli(an) -ruthless, scheming -niccolo machiavelli
mesmerize -hypotize, stunned -Anton Mermor
mcCarthyism - a state of propaganda -senator Joe McCarthy
nostrodamus -predicting the future -nostradamus
pyrrhic victory -winning but losing more in the proccess -king pyrrhus
stonewall -won't budge in their beliefs -stonewall Jackson
thespian -actor -thespus
wagner (ian) -loud and powerful -richard wagner
bohemian -wonder, to wander -Bohemia
canopy -covering for head -Canopus
limerick -5 line humorous poem -limerick (Irish town)
marathan -long lasting (26.ish miles) -greece
meander -traveling around (not straight) -menders river - Asia
sardonic -uncontrollable evil laughter -Sardinia
shanghai -kidnapped / forced to do labor -chinese port
sparten -simple (without lusiury) -Sparta
waterloo -final defeat -Waterloo
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