60 [English Vocabulary]

a person who loves the refinements of pleasure and

1. Epicurean believes that pleasure is the chief good
2. Stoic a person who is unmoved by joy or grief
3. Atheist a person who denies the existence of God
4. Catholic a person who is broad in outlook
a person of materialistic taste indifferent to art and
5. Philistine literature
6. Fastidious a person difficult to please
7. Connoisseur a person who is a critical judge in matters of taste
8. Antiquarian a person interested in the study of ancient things
9. Ascetic a person who practises self-denial and leads an austere life
1 Gourmet a person who has a good taste for food
11. Imperious He is commanding, haughty and arrogant.
12. Impertinent He is impudent, saucy and he does not show respect.
13. Henpecked He is ruled by his wife.
14. Garrulous He talks too much about unimportant things.
He favours the doctrine of equal rights and opportunities
15. Egalitarian for all citizens.
He takes and uses somebody elses ideas, words, etc. as if
16. Plagiarist they were his own.
He is a person with unreasoning partiality to his place or
17. Chauvinist group.
18. Debonair He is suave and light-hearted.
19. Amiable He is easy and pleasant to talk to.
He studies something but not seriously and not with real
understanding:
20. Dilettante a dabbler in art, science or literature.
a person more interested in what goes on around him
21. Extrovert than in his own thoughts and feelings
a person more interested in his own the thoughts
22. Introvert and feelings than in things outside himself
23. Egoist a person who always thinks of himself
24. Egocentric a person who is self-centred
25. Gregarious a person who likes the company of others
26. Judicious a person who possesses a sound judgment
27. Boisterous a person who is noisy and cheerful
28. Taciturn a person who is habitually silent or reserved
29. Erudite a person who is scholarly and learned
a person who is precise in the observance of forms or
30. Punctilious ceremonies
31. Supercilious a person who overbearing, proud and haughty
32. Misanthrope a person who hates mankind
33. Libertine a person without a moral
34. Impetuous a person who acts suddenly and without thought
35. Pugnacious a person having- an inclination to fight
36. Rapacious a person having a grasping nature; greedy
37. Malicious a person who is full of malice and ill will
38. Insidious a person who does harm secretly and craftily
39. Petulant a person unreasonably impatient or irritable
40. Hypocrite a person who is feigning to be what he is not
41. Optimist He looks at the bright side of life.
42. Pessimist He looks at the dark side of life.
43. Martinet He is a stickler for discipline
44. Aesthete He has a highly developed sense of beauty.
45. Pedant He makes a display of his learning.
46. Sycophant He is a servile flatterer of the rich and powerful.
He leads his life purely for pleasure, especially physical
47. Hedonist pleasure.
48. Infidel He has no belief in a specific religion.
49. Suave He is polished in manner.
He is quiet and easily
50. Docile controlled, managed or Influenced.
51. Conservative He is opposed to great or Sudden change.
52. Misogynist He hates women.
53.Philanthropist
He is kind and helpful to those who are poorer in trouble.
54.Pornographer He treats of sexual subjects in pictures or writing in a way
that is meant to cause sexual excitement.
55. Eccentric He is a person who is peculiar, not normal in behaviour.
56. Misogamist He hates the institution of marriage.
57. Misologist He hates learning and knowledge.
58. Gullible He is easily tricked and persuaded to believe something.
59. Recluse He lives in complete seclusion.
60. Termagant She is a noisy, quarrelsome woman.