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Section 2: Lesson 1 and 2 Vocabulary
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Lothario (noun)
unscrupulous rake; seducer; lover of many (like Joey from Friends)
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milquetoast (noun)
a meek or timid person; “afraid of their own shadow”
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lethargy (noun)
apathy; torpor; lack of interest; lazy
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chauvinism (noun)
overzealous patriotism; undue partiality to any group or place; a strong belief in one’s own group. (usually has the word __male__ before it)
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Janus-faced (adj.)
two-faced; hypocritical
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braggadocio (noun)
empty boasting; pretentious bragging
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bacchanalia (noun)
wild celebration (usually with drunken orgies); excessive indulgence in an activity that is orgiastic
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jabberwocky (noun)
gibberish,nonsense language
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Shangri-la (noun)
**an ideal place**; similar to a remote paradise (usually not known to the public)
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pyrrhic victory (noun)
a victory at a tremendous cost
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spoonerism (noun)
transportation of usual initial sounds of two or more words
ex: crooks and nannies instead of nooks and crannies
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sadistic (adj.)
deliberately cruel; taking pleasure in inducing pain in others
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malaprop\[ism\] (noun)
unintentional humorous misuse of a word or phrase
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Panglossian (noun, adj)
naive; blindly optimistic; hopeful
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Babbitt (noun)
stereotype of the complacent American middle-class; the ideal for the narrow minded self-satisfaction
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crossing the Rubicon
passing a limit that permits no return
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pandemonium (noun)
**uproar; chaos;** confusion
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philistine (noun)
a materialistic person; indifferent to art, music, or dance
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Machiavellian (adj.)
politically devious; amoral; Adolf Hitler in politics and governance; wanted to retain power by almost any means
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martinet (noun)
taskmaster; drill sergeant