VOCABULARY LIST #4                               NAME: __________________ FALL 1992 --------------------------------------------------------------------- hypochondriac (high poh KON dree ak)                                                 (noun) A person excessively worried                                                 about his health. Dave is such a hypochondriac that he buys a new medicine every week. --------------------------------------------------------------------- malingerer (mah LING ur ur)                                                 (noun) A person who fakes illness or                                                 injury to get out of work. Arun is an expert malingerer; anytime things get rough at work he calls in sick. --------------------------------------------------------------------- charlatan (SHAR luh tun)                                                 (noun) A fraud; fake; or impostor. He claimed his secret formula would solve all hearing problems, but it turned out he was nothing more than a charlatan. --------------------------------------------------------------------- schism (SIZZ um)                                                 (noun) A division because of a                                                 difference in opinion or doctrine. The schism of North and South inevitably led to the Civil War. --------------------------------------------------------------------- immutable (im MYOOT ah ble)                                                 (adj) Unchangeable, unvarying,                                                 steadfast. The planets move in immutable orbits, thanks to an immutable God. --------------------------------------------------------------------- NOTES: