Vocab 28

Question 1

Martinet

Answer 1

A strict disciplinarian, especially in the armed forces

Question 2

Sycophant

Answer 2

Someone who is overly flattering or helpful to someone important in order to gain advantage (a suck-up or a brown-noser)

Question 3

Dilettante

Answer 3

Someone who dabbles in an area of the fine arts for his or her own amusement, and not to become a professional

Question 4

Virago

Answer 4

a loud-mouthed, shrewish, turbulent woman; someone who is quarrelsome, aggressive, and possesses none of those gentle and tender qualities of a stereotypical woman

Question 5

Chauvinist

Answer 5

someone who always thinks whatever they have, belong to, or believe in is simply the best because it’s theirs (although they will cite other reasons)

Question 6

Monomaniac

Answer 6

Someone who has a one-track mind and is excessively committed to one thing to the point where it is ridiculous and obsessive

Question 7

Iconoclast

Answer 7

someone w ho is against cherished beliefs (marriage, family, religion, etc) because they are skeptical or believe them to be irraitonal

Question 8

Atheist

Answer 8

someone who believes there is no god

Question 9

Lecher

Answer 9

A man who is lustful towards women; a “womanizer”

Question 10

Hypochondriac

Answer 10

Someone who always believes he or she is sick even though the doctor cannot every find a problem; health anxiety