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

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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

beneficiary

a person who receives benefits

dissembler / prevaricator

a liar; deceiver

proponent / advocate

a champion of a cause

prodigy

a young genius

oracle

a person giving prophetic advice

misanthrope

a person who hates humankind

innovator

a person who introduces something new

sycophant / obsequious

one who behaves in a servile manner; a toady

unctuous

oily; excessively flattering

stoic

not showing pain; emotionless

reprobate

a morally unprincipled person

renegade

a disloyal person

draconian

strict or harsh (as in laws)

laconic / succint / terse

very concise; brief

spartan

plain; simple

halcyon

idyllically calm and tranquil

sophistry

a deliberately misleading argument

chimera

a fanciful mental illusion

ostracize

to deliberately exclude from a group

impecunious

poor; penniless; not affluent

nefarious

extremely wicked; vile

jovial / jocular

good-humored; cheerful

dirge

a funeral hymn; mournful music

maudlin

excessively sentimental

quixotic

foolishly impractical

pandemonium

a wild uproar; tumult

martinet

a strict disciplinarian

fiasco / debacle

a complete failure

bowdlerize

to censure or expurgate parts of a book