Direct Hits volume 1 -- set 3 Flashcards by Arlo Hill | Brainscape

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panache / verve / flamboyant

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great vigor and energy

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provocative

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provoking controversy

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placid

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very calm; quiet

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charlatan

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a fake; a fraud; a cheat

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skeptic

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a doubter

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rhetorician

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an eloquent writer or speaker

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hedonist

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seeker of pleasure

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ascetic

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one who leads life of self-denial

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raconteur

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one who tells anecdotes well

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iconoclast

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unconventional person; attacks institutions

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dilettante

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an amateur or dabbler

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partisan

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a person with biased beliefs

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mentor

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a teacher; a guide; an advisor

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acolyte

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a devoted student

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demagogue

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speaker appealing to fears or prejudices

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automaton

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a mindless, mechanical follower

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recluse

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one who leads a secluded life

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bungler

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a clumsy or inept person

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clairvoyant

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a seer

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prognosticator

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one who predicts based on data

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pundit

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a professional commentator

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zealot

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a fanatically committed person

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neophyte / novice / greenhorn

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a beginner

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benefactor

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a person who gives gifts

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beneficiary

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a person who receives benefits

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dissembler / prevaricator

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a liar; deceiver

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proponent / advocate

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a champion of a cause

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prodigy

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a young genius

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oracle

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a person giving prophetic advice

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misanthrope

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a person who hates humankind

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innovator

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a person who introduces something new

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sycophant / obsequious

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one who behaves in a servile manner; a toady

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unctuous

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oily; excessively flattering

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stoic

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not showing pain; 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

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draconian

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strict or harsh (as in laws)

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laconic / succint / terse

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very concise; brief

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spartan

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plain; simple

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halcyon

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idyllically calm and tranquil

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sophistry

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a deliberately misleading argument

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chimera

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a fanciful mental illusion

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ostracize

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to deliberately exclude from a group

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impecunious

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poor; penniless; not affluent

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nefarious

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extremely wicked; vile

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jovial / jocular

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good-humored; cheerful

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dirge

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a funeral hymn; mournful music

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maudlin

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excessively sentimental

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quixotic

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foolishly impractical

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pandemonium

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a wild uproar; tumult

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martinet

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a strict disciplinarian

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fiasco / debacle

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a complete failure

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bowdlerize

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to censure or expurgate parts of a book