the spirit, policy, or practice of jingoes; bellicose chauvinism | ||
a man who obsessively seduces and deceives women | ||
a lone dissenter, who takes an independent stand apart from his or her associates | ||
an opponent or rival whom a person cannot best or overcome; an agent or act of retribution or punishment | ||
to make love to a woman one cannot or will not marry, carry on flirtations | ||
a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation | ||
tending to produce conformity by violent or arbitrary means | ||
readily assuming different forms or characters; extremely variable; changing in shape or form | ||
a costly victory | ||
extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable; impulsive and often rashly unpredictable | ||
sluggish in temperament; gloomy; taciturn; suffering from lead poisoning, as a person | ||
a breach of good manners or etiquette; any error, impropriety, or inconsistency | ||
the transposition of initial or other sounds of words | ||
a person devoted to luxury and pleasure | ||
gaudy; showy and cheap; low or mean; base |
AP ENGLISH VOCAB 1
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