Chapter 3: You Meet The Most Interesting People On The SAT Flashcards
CHARLATAN
A fake; fraud; imposter; cheat
SKEPTIC
A person who doubts; a skeptic asks questions and lacks faith
RHETORICIAN
An eloquent writer or speaker; a master of RHETORIC (the art of
speaking and writing)
HEDONIST
A person who believes that pleasure is the chief goal of life
ASCETIC
A person who gives up material comforts and leads a life of self-denial,
especially as an act of religious devotion
RACONTEUR
A person who excels in telling ANECDOTES
ICONOCLAST
A person who attacks and ridicules cherished figures, ideas, and
institutions
DILETTANTE
An amateur or dabbler; a person with a SUPERFICIAL interest in an
art or a branch of knowledge
PARTISAN
A supporter of a person, party, or cause; a person with strong and perhaps
biased beliefs
MENTOR
An advisor; teacher; guide
ACOLYTE
A devoted follower
DEMAGOGUE
A leader who appeals to the fears, emotions, and prejudices of the
populace
AUTOMATON
A self-operating machine; a mindless follower; a person who acts in a
mechanical fashion
RECLUSE
A person who leads a secluded or solitary life
BUNGLER
Someone who is clumsy or INEPT; a person who makes mistakes because
of incompetence
CLAIRVOYANT
Having the supposed power to see objects and events that cannot be
perceived with the five traditional senses; a SEER
PROGNOSTICATOR
person who makes predictions based upon current
information and data
PUNDIT
An expert commentator; an authority who expresses his or her opinion,
usually on political issues
ZEALOT
A very enthusiastic person; a champion; a true believer, perhaps to an
excessive degree; a fanatic
NEOPHYTE, NOVICE, GREENHORN
A beginner; someone new to a field or
activity
BENEFACTOR, PATRON
A person who makes a gift or bequest
BENEFICIARY
The recipient of funds, titles, property, and other benefits
DISSEMBLER, PREVARICATOR
A liar and deceiver
PROPONENT
One who argues in support of something; an ADVOCATE; a champion
of a cause
PRODIGY
A person with great talent; a young genius
ORACLE
A person considered to be ORACULAR, that is a source of wise counsel or
prophetic opinions
MISANTHROPE
A person who hates or distrusts humankind
INNOVATOR
A person who introduces something new
SYCOPHANT
A person who seeks favor by flattering people of influence; a TOADY;
someone who behaves in an OBSEQUIOUS or SERVILE manner
STOIC
A person who is seemingly INDIFFERENT to or unaffected by joy, grief,
pleasure, or pain; someone who is impassive and emotionless
REPROBATE
A morally unprincipled person
RENEGADE
A disloyal person who betrays his or her cause; a traitor; a deserter