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17 Cards in this Set
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apprentice
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person under legal agreement to work a specified length of time for a master craftsman in return for instruction and, formerly, support
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rubs
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insults
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psuedonym
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pen name
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indenture
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contract binding a person to work for another for a given length of time
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aphorism
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like a proverb, short saying or pointed statement
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ingenious
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having great mental ability
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amonish
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caution against specific faults
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approbation
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approval or commendation
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evade
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avoid or escape from by deceit or cleverness
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errata
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printer's term for errors
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tyranny
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arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority
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enlightenment
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the Enlightenment, a philosophical movement of the 18th century, characterized by belief in the power of human reason and by innovations in political, religious, and educational doctrine
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insertion
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the act of inserting
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zeitgeist
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the spirit, attitude, or general outlook of a specific time or period, esp as it is reflected in literature, philosophy, etc
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dogma
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a specific tenet or doctrine authoritatively laid down, as by a church
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stanza
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an arrangement of a certain number of lines, usually four or more, sometimes having a fixed length, meter, or rhyme scheme, forming a division of a poem
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skeptical
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showing doubt
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