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39 Cards in this Set
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Zealot
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An excessively zealous person
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Zealous
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Ardently active, devoted, or dilligent
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Patriarch
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The male head of a family or tribal line
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Quack
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A person who pretends, professionally or publicly, to skill, knowledge, or qualifications he or she does not posses.
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Sybarite
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A person devoted to luxury and pleasure.
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Libertarian
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A person who advocates liberty, especially with regard to thought or conduct.
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Penury
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Extreme poverty.
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Sustenance
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Means of sustaining life; nourishment.
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Infirmity
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A physical weakness or ailment
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Virtuoso
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A person who has special knowledge or skill in a field.
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Bard
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A person who composed and recited epic or heroic poems, often while playing the harp, lyre, or the like.
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Apocryphal
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Of doubtful authorship or authenticity.
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Conventional
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Conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste.
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Unorthodox
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Not conforming to rules, traditions, or modes of conduct, as of a doctrine, religion, or philosophy.
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Doctrine
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Of particular principle, position, or policy taught or advocated, as of a religion or government.
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Censorship
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The act or practice of censoring.
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Censoring
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An official who examines books, plays, news reports, motion pictures, radio and television programs, letters, cablegrams, etc.
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Synopsis
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A brief or condensed statement giving a general view of some subject.
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Editorial
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An article in a newspaper or other periodic presenting the opinion of the publisher, editor, or editors.
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Cubism
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A style of painting and sculpture developed in the early 20th century, characterized chiefly by an emphasis on formal structure, the reduction of natural forms to their geometrical equivalents, and organization of the planes of a represented object independently of representational requirements.
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Picasso
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Spanish painter and sculptor in France.
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Dali
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Spanish painter and illustrator.
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Romanticism
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The Romantic style literature and art, or adherence to its principles.
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Classicism
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The principles or styles characteristic of the literature and art of ancient Greece and Rome.
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Realism
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Interest in or concern for the actual or real as distinguished from the abstract, speculative, etc.
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Surrealism
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A style of art and literature developed principally in the 20th century, stressing the subconscious or nonrational significance of imagery arrived at by unexpected juxtapositions, etc.
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Acrobat
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A skilled performer of gymnastic feats, as walking on a tightrope or swinging on a trapeze.
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Naunced
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A subtle difference or distinction in expression, meaning, response, etc.
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Circumspect
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Watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent.
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Lithe
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Bending readily; pliant; limber; supple; flexible.
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Bombastic
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(of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
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Dextrous
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Possessing or done with dexterity
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Dexterity
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Skill or adroitness in using the hands or body; agility.
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Puccini
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Italian operatic composer.
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Opera
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An extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias, choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.
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Cellini
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Italian, metalsmith, sculptor, and autobiographer.
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Rembrandt
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Dutch painter.
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Wagner
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Austrian architect.
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Petrarch
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Italian poet and scholar.
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