Chapter 3: You Meet The Most Interesting People On The SAT

Question 1

CHARLATAN

Answer 1

A fake; fraud; imposter; cheat

Question 2

SKEPTIC

Answer 2

A person who doubts; a skeptic asks questions and lacks faith

Question 3

RHETORICIAN

Answer 3

An eloquent writer or speaker; a master of RHETORIC (the art of
speaking and writing)

Question 4

HEDONIST

Answer 4

A person who believes that pleasure is the chief goal of life

Question 5

ASCETIC

Answer 5

A person who gives up material comforts and leads a life of self-denial,
especially as an act of religious devotion

Question 6

RACONTEUR

Answer 6

A person who excels in telling ANECDOTES

Question 7

ICONOCLAST

Answer 7

A person who attacks and ridicules cherished figures, ideas, and
institutions

Question 8

DILETTANTE

Answer 8

An amateur or dabbler; a person with a SUPERFICIAL interest in an
art or a branch of knowledge

Question 9

PARTISAN

Answer 9

A supporter of a person, party, or cause; a person with strong and perhaps
biased beliefs

Question 10

MENTOR

Answer 10

An advisor; teacher; guide

Question 11

ACOLYTE

Answer 11

A devoted follower

Question 12

DEMAGOGUE

Answer 12

A leader who appeals to the fears, emotions, and prejudices of the
populace

Question 13

AUTOMATON

Answer 13

A self-operating machine; a mindless follower; a person who acts in a
mechanical fashion

Question 14

RECLUSE

Answer 14

A person who leads a secluded or solitary life

Question 15

BUNGLER

Answer 15

Someone who is clumsy or INEPT; a person who makes mistakes because
of incompetence

Question 16

CLAIRVOYANT

Answer 16

Having the supposed power to see objects and events that cannot be
perceived with the five traditional senses; a SEER

Question 17

PROGNOSTICATOR

Answer 17

person who makes predictions based upon current

information and data

Question 18

PUNDIT

Answer 18

An expert commentator; an authority who expresses his or her opinion,
usually on political issues

Question 19

ZEALOT

Answer 19

A very enthusiastic person; a champion; a true believer, perhaps to an
excessive degree; a fanatic

Question 20

NEOPHYTE, NOVICE, GREENHORN

Answer 20

A beginner; someone new to a field or

activity

Question 21

BENEFACTOR, PATRON

Answer 21

A person who makes a gift or bequest

Question 22

BENEFICIARY

Answer 22

The recipient of funds, titles, property, and other benefits

Question 23

DISSEMBLER, PREVARICATOR

Answer 23

A liar and deceiver

Question 24

PROPONENT

Answer 24

One who argues in support of something; an ADVOCATE; a champion
of a cause

Question 25

PRODIGY

Answer 25

A person with great talent; a young genius

Question 26

ORACLE

Answer 26

A person considered to be ORACULAR, that is a source of wise counsel or
prophetic opinions

Question 27

MISANTHROPE

Answer 27

A person who hates or distrusts humankind

Question 28

INNOVATOR

Answer 28

A person who introduces something new

Question 29

SYCOPHANT

Answer 29

A person who seeks favor by flattering people of influence; a TOADY;
someone who behaves in an OBSEQUIOUS or SERVILE manner

Question 30

STOIC

Answer 30

A person who is seemingly INDIFFERENT to or unaffected by joy, grief,
pleasure, or pain; someone who is impassive and emotionless

Question 31

REPROBATE

Answer 31

A morally unprincipled person

Question 32

RENEGADE

Answer 32

A disloyal person who betrays his or her cause; a traitor; a deserter