Session 28

Question 1

Martinet

Answer 1

a person who demands completeobedience; a strict disciplinarian.

“the woman in charge was a martinet who treated all those beneath her like children”

Question 2

Sycophant

Answer 2

a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get something from them

Question 3

Dilettante

Answer 3

a person whocultivatesan area of interest, such as the arts, without real commitment or knowledge.

“a wealthy literary dilettante”

Question 4

Virago

Answer 4

a bad-tempered woman who is aggressive and tries to tell people what to do

Question 5

Chauvinist

Answer 5

a person who believes one gender is superior to the other, as a male chauvinist or a female chauvinist.

fanatical devotion and undue partiality to any group or cause to which one belongs,

Question 6

Monomaniac

Answer 6

a person who is extremely interested in only one thing, often to such a degree that they are mentally ill:

The book portrayed him as a monomaniac and a monster

Question 7

Iconoclast

Answer 7

a person who does not believe in and is opposed to accepted ideas, traditions, etc.

Question 8

Atheist

Answer 8

One who doesn’t believe in god

Question 9

Lecher

Answer 9

a man given to excessive sexual indulgence; a lascivious or licentious man.

Question 10

Hypochondriac

Answer 10

a person who is always worried about his/her health and believes he/she is ill, even when there is nothing wrong