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Vocab 10 Flashcards

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Skeptic

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A person who doubts

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Charlatan

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Scammer (con man)

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Rhetorician

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One who can persuade w/ speeches(well chosen words)

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Hedonist

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Live to enjoy life

Live in the moment and for pure physical pleasure

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Ascetic

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Deprives of physical pleasure for a spiritual exercise

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Raconteur

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Tells good stories

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Iconoclast

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One who destroys an icon that is important to people (piss christ)

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Dilettante

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One who knows a little bit of everything

Artist, actor, musician, dancer

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Partisan

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One who adheres to a party/ group and they defend them till death

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Mentor

Acolyte

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One who teaches

One who learns

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