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25 Cards in this Set
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Partisan
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blindly devoted to a cause or organization
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Paucity
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too few; scarcity
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pecuniary
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having to do with money; financial
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penchant
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a strong liking; attraction
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penury
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extreme poverty; destitution
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petulance
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grouchiness
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phlegmatic
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calm; unemotional
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pious
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exhibiting religious devotion
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pithy
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to the point; consise
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placate
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to appease; pacify; mollify
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recant
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take back something you've said; withdraw a statement or belief
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recluse
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person who prefers to be alonea ll the time; someone withdrawn from the rest of society
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recondite
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hidden; difficult to understand; profound
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redolent
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strongly scented; fragrant
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redundant
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more than what is necessary; repition of words or ideas in speech or writing.
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sectarian
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limited tot he beliefs ofa small group, such as a religious sect; narrow in scope
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seditious
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trying to stir up a revolt against an authority figure
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sententious
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short and to the point; terse
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serpentine
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coiled; twisted; winding
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servile
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like a slave; subservient; submissive
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What centuries did the romantics period occur in?
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18th and 19th centuries
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what year did romantics last
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1798 to 1832
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what was romantics based on?
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imagination, freedom, expression, nature, unique, be an individual
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who were the founding father
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coleridge and wordsworth
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what did coleridge write
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kubla khan, the rime of the ancient mariner
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