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Words From Proper Names......
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| jingoist: one who boasts about his patriotism and favors a 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: taking on different forms. | |
| Pyrrhic victory: a victory which exceptionally costly. | |
| quixotic: romantically idealistic; impractical. | |
| saturnine: sluggish; gloomy; grave. | |
| solecism: substandard use of words; violation of good manners. | |
| spoonerism: an unintentional exhcange of sounds. | |
| sybarite: one who is fond of luxury and soft living. | |
| tawdry: cheap; gaudy; showy. | |