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Vocabulary : People IV (Word to Meaning)


What is the meaning of each word?

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1.

quarry

  prey or object of search.

  cheat.

  middle-class farmer or countryman owning small estate.

  sentry or soldier to keep guard.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

2.

thespian

  actor or actress.

  person with morbid tendency to set things on fire.

  profligate person.

  charlatan or pretender.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

3.

subaltern

  stingy person or miser.

  person who preys on others or bloodsucker.

  junior officer or subordinate.

  one who can make one's voice seem to come from elsewhere.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

4.

waif

  strong member of political party.

  uncultured lawless person or bully.

  person who is helpless and homeless; abandoned child.

  middle-class farmer or countryman owning small estate.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

5.

swindler

  stingy person or miser.

  person who cheats others.

  wanderer or idle person.

  person who makes a will.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

6.

termagant

  learned man or authority on a topic.

  cheat.

  abusive loud-mouthed woman or virago.

  uncultured lawless person or bully.

  Half-n-half Clue
 

7.

sybarite

  brother or sister.

  unprincipled person or one given to sin.

  perfectionist or one who insists on accuracy.

  person who loves luxury and pleasure.

  Half-n-half Clue
 


 
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