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WORDS TO DESCRIBE A PERSON Flashcards

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SIMPLETON

(syn.) ‘IMBECILE, PUTZ

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A person without the usual ability to use reason and understand

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MUGGLE

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A person who does not have a particular type of skill or knowledge

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SAVANT

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A person with a high level of knowledge or skill, especially someone who is less able in other ways:

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GROUCH

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A person who often complains

(v) complain in an angry way

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ALARMIST

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someone who is considered to be exaggerating a danger and so causing needless worry or panic

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VIXEN

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A female fox, an unpleasant, ill-tempered woman

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MUTT

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a person who behaves in a silly or careless way

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ANTIPODEAN

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a person from Australia or New Zealand

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BLISTER

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Annoying person

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BIZ’NATCH

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Unpleasant person

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BRUTE

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A rough and sometimes violent man

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BUZZKILL

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A person or thing that spoils the mood or the pleasure of others

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CLERGY PERSON

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Religious officials

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CONCUBINE

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A woman who, in some societies, lives and has sex with a man she is not married to, and has a lower social rank than his wife or wives

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CHAPERONE

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Older woman who stays and takes care of younger woman

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CHARLATAN

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A person who pretends to have skills or knowledge that they don’t have, esp in medicine

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CONTENDER

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Someone who competes with other people to try to win sth

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CONTRARIAN

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A person who takes a contrary position or attitude

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CRUSADER

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Someone who makes a determined effort to achieve or stop sth bc of their strong beliefs

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CULPRIT

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A person who’s responsible for a crime or misdeed

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DEPUTY

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A person who is given the power to do sth instead of another person, or the person whose rank is immediately below that of the leader of an org

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DESCIPLE

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A person who believes in the ideas and principles of someone famous and tries to live the way that person does or did

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DISSIDENT

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A person who publicly disagrees with & criticizes their gov

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EPITOME

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A person / thing that is a perfect example of a particular quality or type

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EUNUCH

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A man who has had his testicles removed

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FANATIC

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A person who is extremely interested in sth, to a degree that some people find unreasonable

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GLOBETROTTER

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someone who travels regularly to different parts of the world

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FIGUREHEAD

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Leader without real power

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FLIGHTY

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(woman) not responsible, likely to change jobs, bfs, activities

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FLIMSY

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Easily damaged

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FUGITITIVE

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A person who is running away or hiding from the police or a dangerous situation

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GEEZER

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A man often old or unusual in some way

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GOON

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Violent criminal who’s paid to hurt or threaten people
Silly, stupid person

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HENCHMAN

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Someone who does unpleasant of illegal things for a powerful person

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IMBECILE

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A stupid person

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INTERLOPER

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Someone who becomes involved in an activity without being asked or enter a place without permission

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KOOK

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Mad eccentric person

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LATCHKEY KID

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Children who are regular left without adult supervision

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LAYMAN

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Someone who is part of a religious or org but who is not paid or specially trained

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LUMBERJACK

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A person whose job is to cut down trees to be used in building and industry

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LAUREATE

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A person who has been given a very high honor bc of their ability in a subject of study

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CROONER

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A singer, especially a man who sings jazz standards

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MATADOR

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A man who fights and kills bulls

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MOBSTER

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gangster

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MOGUL

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An important or powerful person, esp in motion picture or media industry

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ONLOOKER

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Someone who watches sth that is happening in a public place but is not involved in it

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ORACLE

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A female priest who gave people wise but often mysterious advice from a god, or the advice given

Someone who knows a lot about a subject and can give good advice

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ORTHODONICS

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The job or activity of correcting the position of teeth and dealing with and preventing problems of the teeth

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PAGAN PERSON

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A person who worships many gods or the earth or nature

A person who’s old fashioned + often offensive

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PASTORAL NOMADS

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People who move periodically and depend on domesticated livestock

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POISE

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People with poise can handle pressure without showing it

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PIKER

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The person who avoids getting into difficult or dangerous situations

A gambler Who makes only small bets

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PUNDIT

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A person who knows a lot about a particular subject and is therefore often asked to give an opinion about it

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PUNK

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Young person who behaves in a rude, aggressive or violent way

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PUGILIST

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A boxer or fighter

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PUTZ

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A fool, worthless person

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RANDO

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Socially engage in inappropriate behaviour

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REACTIONARY

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People who opposing politicial or social liberalization or reform

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‘RECLUSE

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A person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people

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REFLEXIVE

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The person who does the action is also the person who is affected by it

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SCHMUCK

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Stupid silly person

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SECRETARY OF TREASURY

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Acts as a principal advisor to the President and the Cabinet on economic issues

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GENTILE

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A person who is not a Jew

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WIMP

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a weak and cowardly or unadventurous person

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SENATOR

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A politician who has been elected to a senate

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SCROOGE

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Someone who spends a little money as possible and is not generous

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SHAMANS

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A person regarded as having access to, and influence in the world of good and evil spirits, esp among some peoples of N. Asia and NA

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SKINHEAD

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Young man of a subculture characterized by close-cropped hair and heavy boots, perceived as aggressive

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SLUGGER

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A person who throws hard punches
A player who consistently hits for power

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STICKLER FOR

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A person who insists on a certain quality or type of behavior

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STUD

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A man who is considered to be attractive and skilled sexually

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FREE-‘LOADER

(n)

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A person who takes advantage of others’ generosity without returning favors

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BUTCH

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(of a woman) looking or behaving like a man
(of a man) being very strong with big muscles, and behaving in a traditionally male way

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SCHMUCK

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Stupid silly person

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SU-PER-‘FI-CIAL

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(of a person) never thinking about things that are serious or important

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‘MI-LI-TANT

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People who believe in something very strongly and are active in trying to bring about political or social change, often in extreme ways that other people find unacceptable

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‘TEE-TO-TA-LER

ˈtēˌtōdlər

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A person who never drinks alcohol

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SMART-ASS

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Someone who is always trying to seem more intelligent than other people in a way that is annoying

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‘UM-PIRE

ˈʌm.paɪr

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A person who is present at a sports competition in order to make certain that the rules of that particular game are obeyed and to judge if particular actions are acceptable

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‘VER-MIN

ˈvɝː.mɪn

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An offensive word for people who are unpleasant in harmful to society

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VI-GI-‘LAN-TE

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A person or a group of people who tries to prevent crime without being officialy recognized

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WENCH

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A young woman

83
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‘WAC-KA-DOO-DLE

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Crazy or eccentric kind of person

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‘WHIP-PER-SNAP-PER

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Young inexperienced person who presumptuous or overconfident

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BIONIC

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Used to refer to a person who has greater powers of strength, speed, etc. than seem to be possible for a human

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TWINK

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A gay man who is young, slim, and looks like a boy

87
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BEERKEEP

BARTENDER

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prevent something bad from affecting you for a period of time

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‘STEL-LAR

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Stellar people or activities are of an extremely high standard

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VIR-TU-‘O-SO

ˌvɝː.tʃuˈoʊ.soʊ

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A person who is extremely skilled at something, especially at playing an instrument or performing

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SLOB

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A lazy, untidy, and often rude person

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CON-‘QUIS-TA-DOR

kɑːnˈkiː.stə.dɔːr

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One of the Spanish people who travelled to America in the 16th century and took control of Mexico and Peru

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CEN-‘TU-RI-ON

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An officer in the army of ancient Rome who was responsible for 100 soldiers

93
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BOZO

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A stupid or foolish person

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GEEZER

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A man, often old or unusual in some way

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CRACKPOT

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a person who is silly or stupid
a crazy or strange person

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DAMSEL

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A young, unmarried woman

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PESCATARIAN

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Someone who don’t eat read meat and poultry, but fish and seafood

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SPAZ

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Extremely clumsy person
Offensive insult - people with cerebral palsy

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‘PHI-LIS-TINE

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People who deny to see the beauty of art and culture

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‘PRO-VOST

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the senior admisitrative officer in charge of universities or colleges

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SCAPEGOAT

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a person who is blamed for sth that someone else has done

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SPENDTHRIFT

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someone who spends lots of money in a way that wastes it

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DYKE

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Lesbo

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ORATOR

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Public speaker, or someone who’s good at it

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RACKETEER

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Someone who makes money from illegal activities such as threatening people or selling worthless, immoral, or illegal goods or services

106
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SWINE

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A person who you consider to be extremely unpleasant and unkind

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TWAT

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A stupid or obnoxious person

108
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DANDY

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A man who dressed expensive, fashionably and interested in his own appearance

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INGRATE

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an ungrateful person

110
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PATHOLOGIST

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an expert in studying diseases, esp by dissecting dead bodies to study

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HY-PO-‘CHON-DRI-AC

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A person who continuously worries about their health without having areason to do so

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DOMINATRIX

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the female partner who has control over the opposite sexual partner

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