3-7 Flashcards by Sarah Longfellow | Brainscape

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Connoisseur

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Competent judge

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Coterie

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Social set, clique

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Critique

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Written analysis of a work of art

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Debutante

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Young woman making a formal appearance in society

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Intrigue

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Plotting, scheming

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Liaison

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Unofficial linkage

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Repertoire

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List of works a person can perform

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Malapropism

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Blunder in choice of words

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Mentor

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A wise, trusted advisor

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Mercury

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Messenger, carrier of news

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Virtuoso

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Person especially skilled in a fine art

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Bourgeois

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Member of the middle class

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Nemesis

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Agent of retribution, just punishment

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Protean

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Highly versatile, taking numerous forms

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Stentorian

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Very loud or powerful

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Allegory

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Story in which characters are symbolic

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Ballet

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Style of dancing

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Curator

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Custodian of a museum

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Denouement

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Outcome, solution

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Symmetry

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Balance, correspondence of parts