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Vocabulary : People IV (Word to Meaning)


What is the meaning of each word?

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1.

sophist

  person who employs fallacious reasoning to deceive.

  advocate of extending voting rights (to women).

  person who derives pleasure in cruelty.

  person who dreads and hates foreigners and strangers.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

wizard

  person who makes and sells wines.

  person who loves luxury and pleasure.

  prey or object of search.

  person with extraordinary powers or magician.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

vendor

  person wearing dirty shabby clothes.

  profligate person.

  accomplished artist or art-connoisseur.

  a person who sells goods.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.

quack

  junior officer or subordinate.

  learned man or authority on a topic.

  charlatan or pretender.

  stingy person or miser.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

sentinel

  advocate of total abstinence (from alcohol).

  unprincipled person or one given to sin.

  sentry or soldier to keep guard.

  boxer.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

taxonomist

  person specializing in classification (of animals).

  person who employs fallacious reasoning to deceive.

  teacher or pedant.

  brother or sister.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

prude

  person who is excessively proper.

  perfectionist or one who insists on accuracy.

  person causing sabotage or intentional damage to property.

  brother or sister.

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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