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Vocabulary : People IV (Word to Meaning)


What is the meaning of each word?

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1.

tightwad

  person who employs fallacious reasoning to deceive.

  person suffering from severe mental disorder.

  stingy person or miser.

  one who walks in one's sleep.

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2.

wastrel

  brother or sister.

  learned man or authority on a topic.

  profligate person.

  junior officer or subordinate.

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3.

prude

  person who is excessively proper.

  boxer.

  one who holds land (by feudal tenure).

  one who walks in one's sleep.

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4.

waif

  unprincipled person or one given to sin.

  fanatic or person with extreme zeal.

  person who is helpless and homeless; abandoned child.

  one who wastes money.

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5.

taxonomist

  person specializing in classification (of animals).

  traitor or person who changes sides.

  teacher or pedant.

  lazy person.

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6.

sluggard

  deputy or substitute.

  lazy person.

  person with extraordinary powers or magician.

  middle-class farmer or countryman owning small estate.

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7.

vendor

  a person who sells goods.

  person wearing dirty shabby clothes.

  one who walks in one's sleep.

  middle-class farmer or countryman owning small estate.

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