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KEY: 1–hypochondriac, 2–martinet, 3–lecher, 4–sycophant, 5–atheist, 6–dilettante, 7–
virago, 8–iconoclast, 9–monomaniac, 10–chauvinist

Can you use the words?

1. She scoffs at beliefs you have always held dear.
1. __________________

2. You know he’s hale and hearty—but he constantly complains of his illness.
2. __________________
3. She insists her political affiliations are superior to yours.

3. __________________
4. She insists on her subordinates toeing the mark.
4. __________________

5. He makes sexual advances to everyone else’s wife—and is too often successful.
5. __________________
6. He cultivates friends that can do him good—financially.

6. __________________
7. She dabbles with water colors.
7. __________________

8. She insists there is no Deity.
8. __________________
9. She’s a shrew, a harridan, a scold, and a nag.

9. __________________
10. His only interest in life is his fish collection—and he is fanatically, almost psychotically,
devoted to it.
10. __________________