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CP VOCAB-DAY 10
30 Day
25
English
Not Applicable
09/23/2005

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coquette
Definition
a girl who promises much, and flirts egregiously, and delivers very little
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circe
Definition
her greatest pleasure comes from luring men to their destruction
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amazon
Definition
she's the tall, strapping, masculine kind of wowman
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virago
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she is the loud-mouthed, turbulent, battle-axe type; a vicious nag and scold
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adonis
Definition
he's the handsome, Greek-god type who makes the hearts of young girls flutter
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judas
Definition
don't trust him, he's the traitor who will sell out his best friend for money
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futilitarian
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the pessimist and cynic who sees n particular point to anything in life
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vulgarian
Definition
he has vulgar tastes and manners
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pedant
Definition
his greatest delight is making an unnecessary show of his learning; he attaches exaggerated importance to minute and minor details of scholarship
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egoist
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his credo is selfishness; his interests come first and no one else matters
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ascetic
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he lives a severely temperate life and avoids human pleasures and vices
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esthete
Definition
he is a person of fine taste and artistic flair; he is most responsive to whatever is beautiful
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demagogue
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by appealing to the prejudices and hatreds of the general population, he advances his own political ambitions
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martinet
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he is fanatic in his insistence on blind discipline from his subordinates
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sycophant
Definition
by insincere flattery and pretended servility, he hopes to make rich and influential people think of him kindly
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atheist
Definition
he sure's God is nonexistent
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agnostic
Definition
he maintains that the human mind is incapable of penetrating the mystery of divine existence--maybe a God, may not
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tyro
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he's a beginner in some profession, occupation or art
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virtuoso
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he is the antithesis of the tyro , having reached the greatest heights of skill and competence in music, painting, etc.
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philologist
Definition
he's a scholar of language and speech
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clairvoyant
Definition
he claims the ability to see things not visible to those with normal sight, he often makes prophecies
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philatelist
Definition
he's the stamp collector
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numismatist
Definition
he's the coin collector
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gourmet
Definition
he is knowledgeable and fastidious about eating and drinking
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connoisseur
Definition
he is a critical judge of excellence in the arts, food, drink, women, etc.
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