| A | B |
|---|
| jingoist | one who boasts about his patriotism and favors a warlike foreign policy |
| tawdry | cheap; gaudy; showy |
| 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 | changeable; taking on different forms |
| Pyrrhic victory | a victory that is exceptionally costly |
| quixotic | romantically idealistic; impractical |
| saturnine | sluggish; gloomy; grave |
| solecism | substandard use of words |
| spoonerism | an unintentional exchange of sounds |
| sybarite | one who is fond of luxury and soft living |
| lothario | rake; seducer; lover |
