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shyster
shaI st@r
noun
a person, usu. a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods.
That shyster accepted her fee for his services but did almost nothing for her.
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naysayer
neI seI @r
noun
a person who refuses, denies, or opposes, esp. because of cynicism or pessimism.
They went ahead with their ambitious plan despite the arguments of the naysayers.
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pr@ dIkt
transitive verb
definition 1: to see or proclaim in advance (a future unplanned event); prophesy; foretell.
example: Can anyone really predict the future?
example: In the famous opera, the gypsy, Carmen, predicts her own death.
definition 2: to announce the coming of (a future event) based on particular evidence or inference.
example: The weather report predicted snow for this afternoon.
example: His mother had predicted that his marriage would not last, and, unfortunately, she was correct.
example: The statistical model predicts that one in ten people will contract the disease.
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Collocations: Words often used in combination with the transitive verb predict
predict + noun: ~ outcome, ~ future, ~ weather, ~ behavior, ~ likelihood (e.g., predict the likelihood of another eruption), ~ increase, ~ rise, ~ growth, ~ demise, ~ decrease, ~ fall, ~ shortfall
