601 AP English Words Unit 1 Lesson1

Amanda H.
Words from Proper Names
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  1. jingoist
    an extreme bellicose nationalist
  2. Lothario
    a successful womanizer
  3. maverick
    someone who exhibits independence in thought and action
  4. nemesis
    a personal foe or rival that cannot be easily defeated
  5. philanderer
    a man who likes many women
  6. philippic
    a speech of violent denunciation
  7. Procrustean
    enforcing conformity by violent or ruthless means
  8. protean
    taking on different forms
  9. pyrrhic
    relating to a victory that is offset by staggering losses
  10. quixotic
    not sensible about practical matters
  11. saturnine
    bitter or scornful
  12. solecism
    a socially awkward or tactless act
  13. spoonerism
    transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
  14. sybarite
    a person addicted to luxury and pleasures of the senses
  15. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
Created on 十月 22, 2012 (updated 十月 26, 2012)

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