Vocab 5 Flashcards

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Optimist

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Hopeful outlook on life

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Laggard

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Tardy. Behind schedule

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Demagogue

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Using popular prejudices and false claims to get power

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Loafer

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Habitually lazy. Idle

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Cynic

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Distrusting human nature

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Pacifist

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Oppose war and violence

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Renegade

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Reject lawful or conventional behavior

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Magnate

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Having great power

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Pessimist

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Have a gloomy outlook on life

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Reprobate

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Morally corrupt or depraved

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Spendthrift

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Spend money foolishly

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Philanthropist

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Generosity and humanitarian acts

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Rogue

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Mischievous

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Martinet

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Strict disciplinarian

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Braggart

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Known for bragging

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Sage

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Wise

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Glutton

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Having a huge insatiable appetite for food and drink

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Skinflint

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Excessive thrift

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Hypocrite

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Saying one thing and doing another

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Egoist

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Excessively concerned with oneself

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Hedonist

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Seeking pleasure

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Stickler

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Insisting on exact standards

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Virtuoso

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Excelling in a technique of an art

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Iconoclast

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Attacks established or traditional beliefs

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Zealot

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Excessive loyalty to a cause