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Vocab 11: Human Char
Manning Honors Eng. IV Vocab List XI
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| automaton (n) | a robot; an individual who acts in a mechanical fashion |
| charlatan (n) | someone who pretends to have skills or abilities |
| curmudgeon (n) | a harsh, unpredictable, and ill-tempered person |
| cynic (n) | a person who distrusts the sincerity of others |
| demagogue (n) | a leader who appeals to emotions and prejudices, not reason |
| gourmand (n) | someone who eats and drinks excessively |
| illiterate (n) | a person who cannot read or write |
| ingrate (n) | someone who is ungrateful |
| kleptomaniac (n) | a person obsessed with stealing who may lack the financial need to steal |
| neophyte (n) | a beginner |
| patriarch (n) | the oldest male member of a family or group |
| parasite (n) | a person who lives at the expense of another |
| pauper (n) | a poor person |
| pyromaniac (n) | a person with an irresistible impulse to start fires |
| ragamuffin (n) | a poorly-clothed and dirty child |
| renegade (n) | a person who rejects laws or conventional behavior; an outlaw |
| urchiin (n) | a mischievous child |
| valet (n) | a person who takes care of another's clothes or personal needs |
| waif (n) | a homeless child |
| zealot (n) | a person filled with fanatical devotion |