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A stupid, vulgar, or insensitive person
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C
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Cretin/Clod
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A lawyer whose methods are petty, underhanded, or disreputable: shyster
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P
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Pettifogger
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A credulous person, especially one who believes everything he or she hears
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G
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Gobemouche
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A member of any of various peoples (as in antiquity) who lived or were reputed to live chiefly in caves
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T
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Troglodyte
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A filthy, slobbering person: a sloven
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S
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Slubberdegullion
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A spiritless, contemptible coward
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P
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Poltroon
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A cowardly person who acts treacherously or underhandedly
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D
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Dastard
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A rude or unscrupulous scoundrel who uses foul or abusive language
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B
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Blackguard
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A person who sells quack medicines from a platform; alternatively, a boastful unscrupulous pretender: charlatan
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M/S
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Mountebank/Saltimbanco
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A servile self-seeking flatterer; one who praises those in power in order to gain their approval
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S
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Sycophant
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A crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man
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C
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Curmudgeon
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A person who hates or distrusts humankind
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M
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Misanthrope
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A person having a superficial or amateur interest in an art or a branch of knowledge: dabbler
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D
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Dilettante
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One whose knowledge or learning is superficial: a pretender to scholarship
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S
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Sciolist
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A timid, meek, or unassertive person
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M
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Milquetoast
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A person who seeks to know all the latest news or gossip: busybody
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Q
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Quidnunc
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A person who is guided by materialism and is usually disdainful of intellectual or artistic values
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P
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Philistine
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One who shows an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex
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C
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Chauvinist
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One who behaves criminally or viciously
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M
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Miscreant
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An unprincipled or depraved person: scoundrel, rogue
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R
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Reprobate
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A person who continues to commit crimes even after being caught and punished
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R
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Recidivist
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A shrewd, unprincipled person, especially a politician
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S
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Snollygoster
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A ragged and often disreputable person, especially a poorly clothed often dirty child
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R
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Ragamuffin
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Someone who talks nonsense or is boastfully self-important
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B/C
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Blatherskite/Cockalorum
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A useless person taking up space; an encumbrance to the world
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C
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Cumberworld
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An unattractive, grossly overweight person
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F
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Fustilarian
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A person who behaves obsequiously to those in power: a suck-up
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L
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Lickspittle
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An awkward youth or a dreamy simpleton
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H/M
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Hobbledehoy/Mooncalf
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A stubborn person refusing correction or a simple fool
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M/N
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Mumpsimus/Ninnyhammer
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Someone offering opinions on subjects they know nothing about
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U
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Ultracrepidarian
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An excessively faultfinding person
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S
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Smellfungus
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A pampered or effeminate boy or man
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M
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Mollycoddle
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A British term for a foolish person, blockhead, or nincompoop
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J
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Jobbernowl
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