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39 Cards in this Set

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