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Charlatan

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a fake; fraud; imposter; cheat

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Skeptic

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a person who doubts, asks, questions, and lacks faith

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Rhetorician

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an eloquent writer or speaker; a master of rhetoric (the art of speaking and writing)

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Hedonist

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

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Ascetic

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

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Ranconteur

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

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Iconoclast

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

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Partisan

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

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Polymath

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a person whose expertise spans a significant number of subject areas

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Dilettante

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an amateur or dabbler; a person with a superficial interest in an art or branch of knowledge; a trifler

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Mentor

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an advisor; a teacher; a guide

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Acolyte

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a devoted follower

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Demagogue

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

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Automation

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

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Recluse

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a person who leads a secluded or solitary life

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Bungler

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someone who is clumsy or inept; a person who makes mistakes because of incompetence

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Clairvoyant

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having the supposed power to see objects and events that cannot be perceived with the five traditional senses; as a noun, a seer

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Prognosticator

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a person who makes predictions based upon current information and data

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Pundit

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

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Zealot

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

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Neophyte, Novice, Greenhorn

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a beginner; someone new to a field or activity

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Benefactor, Patron

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a person who makes a gift or bequest

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Beneficiary

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

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Dissembler, Prevaricator

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a liar and deciever

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Proponent

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one who argues in support of something; an advocate; a champion of a cause

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Prodigy

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a person with great talent; a young genius

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Oracle

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

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Misanthrope

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a person who hates or distrusts humankind

miso (hate) anthrope (humankind)

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Innovator

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a person who introduces something new

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Sycophant

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a person seeks favor by flattering people of influence; a toady; someone who behaves in an obsequious or servile manner

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Stoic, Stolid

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a person who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain; impassive and emotionless

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Reprobate

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a morally unprincipled person

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Renegade

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

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Mendicant

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begging

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Dupe

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mislead

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Unwary

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incautious

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Spurious

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false

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Charismatic

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magnetic and inspiring

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Pejorative

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negative

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Sage

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profoundly wise

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Villainous

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vile, deprived, wicked

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Epitome

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perfect example

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Deductive

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drawing conlusionsbased on reasoning from the general to the particular

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Prognosis

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a forecast concerning the causes of his disease and outlining the chances of recovery

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Morphed

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transform

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bene

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good, well

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benevolence

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good will towards others

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Benediction

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the act of blessing

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pone, pose

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to place, set, put

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Depose

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to remove from office

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Repose

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to rest

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Impose

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to place on, as a penalty

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Exponent

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a person who sets forth or interprets

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Posit

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to assert, to declare

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Precocious

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very advanced

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Progenitor

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originator

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Miserly

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very stingy

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miso

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hate

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philo

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love

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anthropy

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humankind

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nov

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new

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Haughty

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arrogant

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Squandered

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wasted

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Vilified

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slandered, defamed

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