Day 24 of 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary
Stoic
A person showing no emotion over pleasure or pain
Philistine
A person with a plebeian sense of mind. An individual of materialistic tastes who is interested in neither art or letters
Chauvinist
An exaggerated patriot
Catholic
Broad-minede in views
Profligate
Completely given up to dissipation; dissolute; wasteful
Uxorious
Extravagantly submissive to, and doting upon, one's wife
Defeatist
Follows the policy or practice of admitting defeat too quickly
Dilettante
One who dabbles in art and letters
Epicurean
One who makes a profession of pleasure. A connoisseur of food and wine
parsimonious
Unnecessarily frugal