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601-1
vocab for lesson 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| jingoist | one who boasts about his patriotism and favors warlike foreign policy |
| lothario | rake; seducer; lover |
| maverick | one who acts independently |
| nemesis | agent of retribution; just punishment |
| philanderer | one who makes love insincerely; one who engages in passing love affairs |
| philippic | bitter verbal attack |
| procrustean | designed to secure conformity; drastic |
| protean | changable; taking on different forms |
| pyrrhic victory | a victroy that is exceptioally costly |
| quixotic | romantically idealistic; impractical |
| saturnine | sluggish; gloomy; grave |
| solecism | standard use of words; a violation of good manners |
| spoonerism | an unintentional exchange of sounds |
| sybarite | one who is fond of luxury and soft living |
| tawdry | cheap; gaudy; showy |