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SAT Voc 26
Remediation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adversary | an opponent |
| artisan | a person who is skilled with his or her hands |
| ascetic | a person who refrains from indulging in earthly pleasures |
| charlatan | a fraud; a quack or imposter |
| diva | a highly skilled singer, usually an opera singer |
| hedonist | a person who lives for pleasure |
| pariah | a social outcast |
| raconteur | a skillful storyteller |
| skeptic | A person who doubts |
| virtuoso | a highly skilled performer, usually a musical performer |
| virtuoso | As a _____ trumpeter, Danny stands a good chance of getting into the Julliard School. |
| skeptic | Now do you believe in UFO's, or are you still a _____? |
| raconteur | Uncle Bob is our family _____; he has endless stories of life in the old country. |
| pariah | Shoeless Joe became a _____ after the scandal and never played baseball again. |
| hedonist | Michael is too much of a ______ to get a job; he'd rather have fun all the time. |
| diva | Although she did not have a very good voice, her dream was to become a ______. |
| charlatan | The book is about a ______, an uneducated imposter who pretended to be a physician. |
| ascetic | Why would one who claims to be an _____ have five wristwatches? |
| artisan | In Italy, my grandfather worked as an ______, more specifically as a glassblower. |
| adversary | To Wanda's frustration, her math teacher seemed more like an _____ than a guide through the mysteries of calculus. |
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