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C P English
day 24
10
English
Not Applicable
11/02/2005

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catholic
Definition
broad minded in views
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chauvinist
Definition
an exaggerated patriot
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defeatist
Definition
follows the policy or practice of admitting defeat to quickly
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dilettante
Definition
one who dabbles in art and letters
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epicurean
Definition
one who makes a profession of pleasure ; a connoisseur of food and wine.
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parsimonious
Definition
unnecessarily frugal
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philistine
Definition
a person with plebeian type of mind
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profligate
Definition
completely given up to dissipation, disolute, wasteful
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stoic
Definition
no emotion over pleasure or pain
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uxorious
Definition
extravagantly submissive to, and doting upon one's wife.
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