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3013423067babbitta self-satisfied person concerned chiefly with business and middle class ideals like material success0
3013429174brobdingnagiangigantic, enormous, or a large scale, enlarged1
3013431659bumbleto speak or behave clumsily or faltering2
3013434060cinderellaone who gains affluence or recognition after obscurity and neglect3
3013438454don juana libertine, profligate, a man obsessed with seducing women4
3013442006don quixotesomeone overly idealistic to the point of having impossible dreams5
3013444978panglossianblindly or misleading optimistic6
3013446983falstaffianfull of wit and bawdy humor7
3013448861frankensteinanything that threatens or destroys its creator8
3013452981fridaya faithful and willing attendant9
3013454961galahada pure and noble man with limited ambition10
3013457150Jekyll and hydea capricious person with two sides to their personality11
3013460491lilliputanvery small person or of something diminutive, trivial or petty12
3013466504little lord fauntleroyrefers to a certain type of childrens clothing or to a beautiful but pampered and effeminate small boy13
3013472299lotharioused to describe a man whose chief interest is seducing women14
3013475168malapropismthe usually unintentional humorous misuues or distortion of a word or phrase15
3013478786milquetoasta timid, weak, or unassertive person16
3013480505pickwickianhumorous, sometimes derogatory17
3013483261pollyannaoptimistic18
3013484689pooh-baha popous, ostentatious official, holds high office19
3013488177quixotichaving foolish or impractical ideas20
3013491328robotmachine with no human emotions21
3013494366rodomontadebluster and boasting22
3013496387scroogebitter and greedy person23
3013497998simon legreeharsh, cruel, demanding24
3013500068svengalia person with irrestible, hypnotic power25
3013502287tartuffehypocrite26
3013503898uncle tomsomeone thought to have timid service attitude like that of a slave27
3013506956Uriah heepa fawning toadie, obsequious person28
3013509812walter mittya common place, non-adventuresome person who seeks escape from realtity29
3013513552yahooa boorish, crass, or stupid person30

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