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31 Cards in this Set
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salon
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drawing room used as a gathering place for literary and artistic people during the Enlightenment period
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deism
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the doctrine that God created the world and its natural laws but takes no part in its functioning.
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laissez-faire
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the practice of letting people act without interference or direction.
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philosophies
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intellectual writers of the French Enlightenment.
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Methodism
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an excessive adherence to a systematic procedure.
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voyageur
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a person who transports goods and men by boat to trading posts.
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intellectual
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a person with a taste for advanced knowledge
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intrigue
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to plot or scheme secretly
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autonomous
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independent and self-governing
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enlightenment
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a way of thought that tried to judge everything by reason
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romanticism
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the spirit, attitudes and style of the Romantic movement
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asymmetrical
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not identical on both sides of a central line
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anarchy
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a state of society without government or law.
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ethics
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a system of moral principles
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duet
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a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
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trio
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a musical composition for three voices or instruments.
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quartet
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a musical composition for four voices or instruments.
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quintet
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a musical composition for five voices or instruments.
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octet
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a musical composition for eight voices or instruments.
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nonet
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a musical composition for nine voices or instruments.
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aria
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an elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio.
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recitative
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a style of vocal music intermediate between speaking and singing.
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libretto
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the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
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vaudeville
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Light theatrical entertainment, popular in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, consisting of a succession of short acts. A vaudeville show usually included comedians, singers, dancers, jugglers, trained animals, magicians, and the like.
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sagacity
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acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment
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pernicious
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causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful
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destitute
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without means of subsistence; lacking food, clothing, and shelter.
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intrinsic
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belonging to a thing by its very nature
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will
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power of choosing one's own actions
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goodwill
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friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness
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happiness
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the quality or state of being happy
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