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Charlatan

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(n.) a fake; fraud; cheat

– Charlie is a fake

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Skeptic

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(n.) a person who doubts; a skeptic asks questions and lacks faith

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Rhetorician

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

– “rhetorical analysis” quote by Ms. O’ Conner

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Charismatic

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(adj.) magnetic and inspiring

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Hedonist

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(n.) a person who believes that pleasure is the chief goal of life

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Ascetic

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(n.) 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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Raconteur

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(n.) a person who excels in telling anecdotes (a short and amusing or interesting story about a real incident or person)

– someone who recounts a story well

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Iconoclast

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(n.) a person who attacks and ridicules cherished figures, ideas, and institutions

– clashes icons (famous people)

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Dilettante

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(n.) an amateur or dabbler; a person with a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge

– he is a dile, not a crocodile

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Polymath

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(n.) a person of great and varied learning

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Partisan

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(n.) a person with strong and therefore biased beliefs

– a part of the whole

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Mentor

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(n.) an advisor; teacher; guide

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Acolyte

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(n.) a devoted follower

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Demagogue

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(n.) a leader who appeals to the fears, emotions, and prejudices of the populace

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Automaton

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(n.) a self-operating machine; a mindless follower; a person who acts in a mechanical fasion

– automatic machine

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Recluse

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(n.) a person who leads a secluded or solitary life

– close themselves from the world

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Bungler

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(n.) someone who is clumsy or inept; a person who makes mistakes because of incompetence

– she’s carrying a bungle of heavy stuff… of course she trips

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Clairvoyant

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(n.) a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond the normal five human senses

– ‘clair’, clear, voyager, traveler, into the future

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Prognosticator

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(n.) a person who makes predictions based upon current information and data

– diagnostics

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Pundit

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(n.) an expert commentator; an authority who expresses his or her opinion

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Zealot

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(n.) a very enthusiastic person; a true believer

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Neophyte

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(n.) a beginner

– a new fighter on the boxing team

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Novice

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(n.) a beginner

– I can’t give advice to other yet since I have no advice

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Greenhorn

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(n.) a beginner

– here, take this toy trumpet (its green), when you become good you can play a real trumpet, but for now, take this plastic green horn

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Benefactor

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(n.) a person who makes a gift or bequest

– ‘bene’ good, factories make things,
good maker

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Patron

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(n.) a person who makes a gift or bequest

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Beneficiary

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(n.) the recipient of funds, titles, property, and other benefits

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Dissembler

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(n.) a liar; deceiver

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Prevaricator

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(n.) a liar; deceiver

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Proponent

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(n). one who argues in support of something; an advocate; a champion of a cause

– against the opponent

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Prodigy

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(n.) a person with great talent; a young genius

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Oracle

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(n.) a person considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinions

– the Chinese used oracle bones to tell the future or ask for advice

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Misanthrope

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(n.) a person who hates or distrusts humankind

– hates anthros

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Innovator

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(n.) a person who introduces something new

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Seminal

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(adj.) highly influential and original

– go to this seminar, it is so inspiring

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Sycophant

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(n.) a person who seeks favor by flattering people of influence; a toady; someone who behaves in an obsequious or servile manner to gain advantage

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Stoic

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(n.) a person who is seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by joy, grief, pleasure, or pain; someone who is impassive and emotionless

– static stoic

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Reprobate

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(n.) a morally unprincipled person

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Renegade

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(n.) a disloyal person who betrays his or her cause; a traitor; a deserter

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