Chapter 11 Flashcards

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Having a sense of beauty, giving an impression of beauty, artistic

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Aesthetic

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To charm, win favor, make oneself agreeable

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Ingratiate

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Sharply critical, harsh, biting

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Vitriolic

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An expert, particularly in the arts

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Virtuoso

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A person or thing that brings about change

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Catalyst

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Appropriateness

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Propriety

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To speak ill of, criticize, put down

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Disparage

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Dull, tasteless, unexciting

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Insipid

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So superior as to be without equal, incomparable, unsurpassed

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Peerless

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Determined by impulse, odd, arbitrary

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Whimsical

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