SAT People Descriptions

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a person who greedily eats and drinks alot. usually to excess.: GLUTTON

also used in phrase, "he's a glutton for punishment". or he just can't get enough of it
A person who is rude and insensitive,lacks refinement.: BOOR

a boorish remark such as "Get over here, Pizza Face."
A person who is overly thrifty.: SKINFLINT
A person who is filled with zeal and enthusiasm for a cuase.: ZEALOT
PERSON WHO PROVIDES GUIDANCE , A TUTOR: MENTOR
A person who is overly humble and pleads for a favor.: SUPPLICANT

AKA: A BEGGER
A person who promotes peace.: PACIFIST
A loyal supporter, an adherent, someone that stands by you, or something that sticks.: STALWART
A person with great talent, a genious.: PRODIGY

Tiger Woods was a child prodigy when it came to golf.
A person who engages in merrymaking, A PARTY GOER.: REVELER
engages in revelry.
A person who seeks pleasure, gratification.: HEDONIST
Hedonistic pleasures or values.
You may find one of these at a Beauty Spa indulging in massages and steam baths.
A person who is in charge of a museum.: Curator

The Smithsonian curator decided where to place the items that were found in the time capsule.
A dabbler, one with superficial interest in a variety of fields or endeavors, but doesn't excell in anything.: DILETTANTE

superficial: we all know someone who looks and acts like an expert, but they really only know a little
A person with a great artistic talent.: VIRTUOSO

Bethoven was a musical virtuoso.
A person who does ill or bad things to others. A bad person.: MALEFACTOR
A person who is only concerned with himself/herself: EGOIST
a PERSON WITH DETAILED KNOWLEDGE IN A SPECIFIC FIELD, ALSO A SAGE. Example: Scientist, meterologist: SAVANT
A disreputable person, one who lacks virtue, a rascal.: SCOUNDREL
an extreme nationalist, a chauvinist: JINGOIST

also "jingoism" same as nationalism.
A person who is practical and not given to flights of fancy.: PRAGMATIST

a PRAGMATIC SOLUTION, IDEA, OR SUGGESTION IS A PRACTICAL ONE.
A person who arouses popular passions and prejudices.: DEMAGOGUE

Hitler & Mussolini were the most notorious demagogues of the 20th century.

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