SAT PowerScore's Top 100 People Repeat Offenders

agnostic

n. a person who believes the existence of God is impossible to prove

amateur

n. a person who pursues a study or sport as a pastime rather than as a profession

anarchist

n. a person who encourages revolt against established laws or government

aristocrat

n. a person who belongs to the highest or most privileged

ascetic

n. a person who practices self-denial as a spiritual discipline

authoritarian

n. a person who expects unquestioned obedience

autocrat

n. a person who rules with complete power and authority

avenger

n. a person who seeks justice or revenge

bard

n. a poet

belittler

n. a person who takes away the importance of another person or situation

benefactor

n. a person who helps people or institutions (especially with financial help)

beneficiary

n. a person or group that recieves funds or other benefits

boor

n. a person who is rude, clumsy, and lacking social manners

bourgeois

n. a person who belongs to the middle class

buffoon

n. a person who amuses others by joking or clowning around

bureaucrat

n. an official in a government or other administrative group (often who is concerned with details and order)

cartographer

n. a person who makes maps

cavalier

n. a man who is chivalrous and gallant

charlatan

n. a person who falsely claims to possess skills or knowledge; an imposter

chronicler

n. a person who keeps a record of events

clairvoyant

n. a person who can see the supernatural, such as spirits or the future

colleague

n. a person that one works with in the same field or profession

combatant

n. a person who fights

compatriot

n. a person from your own country

connoisseur

n. a person who is an expert critic in a certain field

constituent

n. a citizen who is represented in a government by an elected official

courtier

n. a member of a royal court or a person who seeks favor through excessive flattery

curator

n. a person who manages a museum

defector

n. a person who deserts a country or group in order to join another country or group

demagogue

n. a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices

derelict

n. a person without a home, job, or property

despoiler

n. a person who steals goods

despot

n. a ruler with complete power

devotee

n. an ardent follower and admirer

dignitary

n. a person who has a high-ranking position

dilettante

n. a person who engages in an activity(such as art) without serious intentions or inquiry

dissembler

n. a person who conceals his real feelings by professing false beliefs

egotist

n. a person who is conceited, boastful, and self-centered

emancipator

n. a person who frees others from boundage

emissary

n. a person sent on a mission to represent the interests of someone else

entrepreneur

n. a person who organizes a buiseness venture and assumes the risk of it

expatriate

n. a person who lives outside his own country, often to renounce allegiance

explicator

n. a person who explains or interprets

glutton

n. a person who eats too much or who has an extreme capacity for something

gourmand

n. a person who enjoys eating good food

hedonist

n. a person dedicated to the pursuit of pleasure

iconoclast

n. a person who attacks cherished ideas or traditional institutions

ingenue

n. an artless, innocent young girl(especially as portrayed on the stage)

insinuator

n. a person who gives hints or suggestions in a sly manner

interlocutor

n. a person who takes part in a conversation

layperson

n. a person who is not a member of the clergy or a particular profession

lobbyist

n. a person who persuades legislators to vote in favor of a specific cause

martinet

n. a person who rigidly demands that rules are followed; a strict disciplinarian

matriarch

n. the female head of a family

maverick

n. a person who chooses to be independent in behavior or thought

mediator

n. a person who negotiates or settles disagreements between parties

mercenary

n. a person hired to fight for a country other than his own

misanthrope

n. a person who hates and distrusts mankind

miscreant

n. a person who is evil or villainous

miser

n. a stingy person who lives in a miserable conditons in order to save money

missionary

n. a person who is sent on a religious or charitable mission

mogul

n. a very wealthy or powerful person

muse

n. the person who is the source of an artist's inspiration

narcissist

n. a person who has excessive love or admiration of himself

naysayer

n. a person who always expresses a negative attitude

nomad

n. a person without a permanent home, who wanders from place to place

obstructionist

n. a person who purposely blocks progress

oracle

n. a person who can see the future

pariah

n. a person who is rejected; an outcast

patriarch

n. the male head of a family

patron

n. a customer

philanthropist

n. a person who makes chartiable donations intended to increase human well-being

popularizer

n. a person who makes something popular with the general public

populist

n. a person who supports the rights and powers of the common people

prig

n. a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

prodigy

n. a person, often a child, who is extraordinary gifted or talented

proponent

n. a person who supports a cause; an advocate

proprietor

n. the owner of a buisness

protege

n. a person who recieves training, protection, or care from an influential person

prude

n. a person who is excessively concerned about proper behavior

pugilist

n. a person who fights with his fists; a boxer

pundit

n. a critic or expert

reactionary

n. a person who is extremely conservative; an opponent of progress or liberalism

recluse

n. a person who withdraws from society to live in seclusion

reformist

n. a person who favors reform

reviler

n. a person who uses abusive language

ruffian

n. a tough, violent person

rumormonger

n. a person who spreads rumors and gossip

sage

n. a person who is very wise

savant

n. a person who has learned extensive knowledge

scribe

n. a journalist or other writer

sycophant

n. a person who flatters others in order to gain personal favor, a brown-noser

toady

n. a person who flatters others in order to gain personal favor, a brown-noser

totalitarian

n. a leader of a government that has total control and authority over the people

troubadour

n. a traveling singer

understudy

n. an actor able to replace a regular performer when required

usurper

n. a person who wrongfully or illegally seizes and holds the place of another

utilitarian

n. a person who believes that the value of something depends on its usefulness

utopian

n. a person who believes (often impractically) in an ideal society achieved through social reform

virtuoso

n. a person who has mastered a certain skill or field