Vocab2 Flashcards by Walter bright

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Epicure

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A person with fine taste, especially in food

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Galvanize

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The spur to action

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Jovial

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Cheerful

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Nemesis

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An opponent that cannot be defeated

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Pyrrhic victory

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A very costly success

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Quixotic

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Seeking unrealistic goals

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Saturnine

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Gloomy

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Sisyphean

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Requiring endless useless efforts

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Solecism

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An improper use of language

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Atlas

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A book of maps

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