Synonyms: Nouns for People - SSAT Upper Level: Verbal

A "connoisseur" is a person with special knowledge or appreciation of a field. The best answer choice is "expert."

A "coquette" is a woman who flirts.

A "crony" is a friend or companion.

A "wayfarer" is a traveler, especially one who journeys by foot.

"Charlatan" and "quack" are both defined as someone who claims to have expertise (especially in medicine) but does not.

An "adjudicator" is a "judge," an arbiter. A "glutton" is someone who overeats, and a "maverick" is a nonconformist. An "educator" is a teacher. A "villain" is an evil person.

A "pundit" is a critic or an expert.

A "sentinel" is a guard.

A "constituent" is a voter or a part of a whole.

"Acolyte"means an assistant or follower.

A mentor is an adviser or guide.

Alumni are graduates from a school.

A "heretic" is a person who holds an opinion that is at odds with the general way of thinking, or a dissenter.

A "pariah" is a social outcast.

A "maverick" is a rebel or non-conformist.

"Charlatan" is a noun that means "a person falsely claiming to have a special knowledge or skill; a fraud." So, we need to pick out an answer choice that means something like "fraud." Since "fake" is a synonym of "fraud" and none of the answer choices are close in meaning to "fraud," "fake" is the correct answer.

"Coworker" is the best choice, because a colleague is a person with whom one works. While it is possible that one might work with a "friend" or "acquaintance," neither word necessarily implies a person with whom one would work. A person's "contemporary" would just be someone living and working at the same time as that person. "Student" also doesn't work, because, while a teacher may work with a student, their relationship is not based on their being "coworkers."

A "nomad" is someone who doesn't stay long in one place, or a wanderer.

A fraud is a person or thing that intentionally deceives others, or a cheat.