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people and the sat
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| sage | a person known for wisdom |
| dolt | a person known for stupidity |
| quack | a person known for fraud |
| malingerer | a person who pretends illness so as to avoid work |
| reprobate | a person known for being morally corrupt, depraved |
| virtuoso | a person known fot excelling in the technique of an art |
| philanthropist | a person known for generosity, a humanitarian |
| chauvinist | a person known for excessive nationalism, a jingoist |
| martinet | a person known as a strict disciplinarian |
| pragmatist | a person known for using a practical approach to solving problems |
| hedonist | a person known for seeking pleasure |
| zealot | a person known for excessive loyality to a cause |
| spendthrift | a person known for spending money unwisley |
| stickler | a person known for insisting on exact standards |
| hypocrite | a person known for saying one thing and doing another, insincere |
| glutton | a person known for having a huge, |
| miser | a person known for being stingy, a skinflint |
| egoist | a person known for being excessively concerned with himself/herself, conceited |
| boor | a person known for rude or insincere behavior, someone who lacks refinement |
| laggard | a person known for being habitually tardy, dilatory |
| iconoclast | a person known for attacking settled beliefs |
| demagogue | a personknown for using popular prejudices and false claims to gain power |
| stalwart | a person known for being very loyal to a cause |
| pacifist | a person known for opposing war and violence |
| skinflint | a person known for excessisve thrift, a miser |
| renegade | a person known for rejecting lawful or convential behavior |
| brigand | a person known for living by plunder, a bandit |
| debunker | a person known for exposing falsehoods |
| optimist | a person known for having a hopeful outlook on life |
| pessimist | a person known for having a gloomy outlook on life |
| loiterer | a person known for idleness |
| cynic | a person known for distrusting human nature |
| loafer | a person known for being habitually lazy |
| braggart | a person known for bragging |
| magnate | a person known for having great power |
| raconteur | a person known for telling witty stories and anecdotes |
| rouge | a person known for being mischievous |
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