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Unit 1 Lesson 1 Vocab
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English
11th Grade
02/09/2010
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Boasts about patriotism
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Jingoist
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Favors a warlike foreign policy
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Jingoist
Term
Rake
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Lothario
Term
Seducer
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Lothario
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Lover
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Lothario
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One who acts independently
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Maverick
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Agent of retribution
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Nemesis
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Just punishment
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Nemesis
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Makes love insincerely
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Philanderer
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Engages in passing love affairs
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Philanderer
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Bitter verbal attack
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Philippic
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Designed to secure conformity
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Procrustean
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Drastic
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Procrustean
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Changeable
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Protean
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Taking on different forms
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Protean
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Exceptionally costly
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Pyrrhic victory
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Romantically idealistic
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Quixotic
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Impractical
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Quixotic
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Sluggish
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Saturnine
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Gloomy
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Saturnine
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Grave
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Saturnine
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Substandard use of words
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Solecism
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Violation of good manners
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Solecism
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An unintentional exchange of sounds
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Spoonerism
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Luxury
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Sybarite
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Soft living
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Sybarite
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Cheap
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Tawdry
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Gaudy
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Tawdry
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Showy
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Tawdry
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