Chapter 40-42
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kitkatkate18 on December 15, 2010
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 hag | witch |
| misogynist | woman-hater |
| shrew | a peevish, spiteful, nagging woman |
| chauvinist |  anyone who is fanatically patriotic, someone with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own gender |
| misanthrope | one who hates or mistrusts humankind |
| crone | cantankerous, old, withered woman |
| misandrist |  man-hater |
| fishwife | a course, abusive, nagging woman |
| philanderer | a male flirt |
| harridan | a vicious, scolding old woman |
| ruse | a crafty scheme or sneaky plan |
| guile | skillful cunning or deceit |
| clandestine | done secretly in order to conceal a private plan or improper purpose |
| surreptitious | sneaky |
| innuendo | a subtle or indirect expression or an insinuation |
| subterfuge | a secret plan or strategy |
| finagle | to swindle |
| furtive | sneaky |
| bamboozle | to swindle or deceive |
| temporize | to act evasively in order to gain time or to avoid an argument |
| martial | related to war or warriors |
| camage | the slaughter inevitable in any war |
| subjugate | the action of conquering, enslaving |
| internecine |  intra-group struggle or destruction |
| besiege | to wait armed in attempt to conquer |
| mercenary | a professional soldier, adj - any "just for money" motive |
| plunder | to seize property during war |
| ballistic | really really angry |
| hegemony | predominant influence of one nation over another |
| ordnance | ammunitions |
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