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Jingoist
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One who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy
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Lothario
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Rake; seducer; lover
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Maverick
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One who acts independently
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Nemesis
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Agent of retribution; just punishment
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Philanderer
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One who makes love insincerely; one who engages in passing love affairs
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Philippic
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Bitter verbal attack
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Procrustean
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Designed to secure conformity; drastic
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Protean
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Changeable; taking on different forms
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Pyrrhic victory
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A victory that is exceptionally costly
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Quixotic
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Romantically idealistic; impractical
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Saturnine
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Sluggish; gloomy; grave
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Solecism
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Substandard use of words; violation of good manners
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Spoonerism
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An unintentional exchange of sounds
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Sybarite
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One who is fond of luxury and soft living
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Tawdry
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Cheap; gawdy; showy
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