Vocabulary Quiz: Identifying Characteristics

Characteristics

• Cacographist: One who misspells frequently
• Cannibal: One who eats human flesh
• Carnivorous: One who eats flesh
• Chauvinist: A person excessively patriotic or nationalistic
• Connoisseur: A knowledgeable expert, especially in matters of taste (e.g., food, wine)
• Contemporary: Persons living during the same period
• Convalescent: Recovering from an illness
• Coquette: A woman who flirts with men
• Cosmopolitan: A citizen of the world; having worldly or sophisticated tastes
• Cynosure: A focus of attention; a centre of attraction
• Cynic: A person who believes that everyone is motivated by self-interest
• Debonair: Charming, suave, and sophisticated
• Demagogue: A person who gains power and influence by inflammatory appeals to public emotions
• Dilettante: Having superficial interest in or knowledge of the arts or other subjects
• Effeminate: Having characteristics that are considered typical of women, especially those that are not considered masculine
• Egoist: One who is excessively concerned with oneself
• Egotist: One who talks excessively about oneself
• Emigrant: One who leaves one's country to live somewhere else
• Epicure: A person devoted to enjoying sensual pleasures, particularly fine food and drink
• Fastidious: Having or showing a meticulous attention to detail
• Fatalist A person who believes that all events are predetermined
• Feminist: Advocate for women's rights
• Fugitive: One who runs away to avoid capture or danger
• Gourmand: A glutton, one who excessively enjoys food
• Gourmet: A person who appreciates and knows fine food and drink
• Henpecked: A person, typically a male, who is dominated by their wife
• Hedonist: A person who believes that pleasure is the greatest good
• Heretic: Someone who holds religious beliefs different from those of the established church
• Herbivorous: Eats only plants
• Honorary: Done or received without pay
• Highbrow: Someone with refined tastes or interests; a snob
• Hypocondriac: One excessively worried about their health
• Iconoclast: One who attacks established beliefs and customs
• Illiterate: Unable to read or write
• Immigrant: Someone entering a country to live there
• Impregnable: Impossible to capture or overcome