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201 Words: 03 People on the PSAT
201 Words: 03 People on the PSAT
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PSAT Vocabulary, SAT Vocabulary
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1
Having made their money in oil decades ago, they consider these tech billionaire mere
___.
skinflints
zealots
upstarts
benefactors
2
The team owner is a
__
whose penny-pinching ways keeps the team from acquiring any real talent.
hedonist
skinflint
pragmatist
boor
3
Their boss is a demanding
___
who insists that everything be done her way
recluse
egoist
jingoist
benefactor
4
The veterans viewed the new guy as a _____who would not take his job as seriously as they did.
jingoist
dilettante
demagogue
hedonist
5
The arrogant ___made a speech which roiled the masses but did not appeal to the educated elite.
demagogue
jingoist
dilettante
hedonist
6
The streets were crowded with
_______
on New Years Eve.
revelers
curators
scoundrels
gluttons
7
When she won an Oscar before her 10th birthday, many called her a ____ of the silver screen.
virtuoso
upstart
malefactor
prodigy
8
As a modest ______, Mary prayed for the less fortunate, asking that their needs be met.
devotee
savant
supplicant
benefactor
9
An anonymous
______
gave the school a dozen new computers.
malefactor
stalwart
benefactor
jingoist
10
He was sick of cities and crowds, so he decided to go live by himself in the woods as a _____.
upstart
devotee
hedonist
recluse
11
Carol's aunt is a _____who pursues her own pleasures outside of her marriage.
hedonist
pragmatist
devotee
demagogue
12
Alexander the Great's ______ willingly followed him to the ends of the known world.
stalwarts
jingoists
malefactors
supplicants
13
She identified as a ____, socialist and member of the IWW. She opposed American entry into WWI.
jingoist
hypocritical
stalwart
pacifist
14
I can't invite a
____
like him to dinner! He'd offend the other guests.
zealot
hypocrite
boor
recluse
15
The ___ says it is silly, wasteful, pointless dreaming about an ideal world that'll never come.
demagogue
dilettante
supplicant
pragmatist
16
Roy is now the new film
_____
at The Museum of Modern Art.
dilettante
savant
curator
stalwart
17
She regards anyone who would cause the breakup of a family as a
_____
of the worst sort.
savant
stalwart
malefactor
upstart
18
The chef is a culinary ___ who has ten successful restaurants.
demagogue
savant
benefactor
glutton
19
The loud-mouth ___'s comments will alienate allies whose help we need to win the war.
boor
malefactor
skinflint
jingoist
20
______
on both sides of the issue resorted to name-calling and scare tactics
Skinflints
Zealots
Revelers
Recluses