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Q1 Review Flashcards

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Ornate

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Excessively decorative

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Rhetoric

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Art of effective speaking or writing

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Logic

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Theory of reasoning sensible argument and thought

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Humanist

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Belief in human based morality

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Exile

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Banished, absent from home country, ostracized

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Prestigious

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Respect because of high quality

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Poet Laureate

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Poet chosen by a country, an honor

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Vivid

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Very bright

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Commission

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an order for work, with pay

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Emissary

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Representative

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Prominent

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Important, famous

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Fresco

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Painting done on wet plaster

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Tenure

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Permanent status

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Export

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To send goods abroad

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Apprentice

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A person who works for another in order to learn

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Rival

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A competer

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Meticulous

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Show extrem care for details precise

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Parallel

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Straight lines lying in the same plans but never meeting

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Geometry

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The math of shapes

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Scoff

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To mock

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Cupola

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Dome shaped roof

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Span

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Distance between limits

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Architect

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Someone who designs buildings

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Analyze

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To study something closely

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Studded

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Is a object that sticks out from its serfice

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Transfixed

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Shocked and can’t move

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Revival

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Renewal or interest

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Reputation

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How a person is seen

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Formulate

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Devise something, express

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Quarry

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A pit which has stones

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Vault

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Arched ceiling

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Church nave

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Main body of the church

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Crucifix

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A cross with Jesus on it

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Baptistery

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Part of the church where baptisms take place

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Dimensions

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Measurement of size

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Perspective

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Artistic point of view

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Horizon

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Boundary between the earth and the sky

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Stucco

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An exterior wall finish

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Prodigy

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Young person with exceptional qualitities

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Persist

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Firm opinion in spite of opposition

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Cardinal

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Dignitary of the Roman Catholic Church

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Christian

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A person who believes in Jesus Christ and his teaching

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Free will

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The power of acting without the ties of necessary fute

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Complex

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Complicated

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Patriarch

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Male heard of a family’s of tribe

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Stoic

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A person who can endute pain or heartship without showing there feeling or complaining

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Probability

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The likelyhood of something happening or being the case

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Forgery

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A copied document, signature, work of art

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Hieroglyphics

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Pictographic script

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Epicurean

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Involving and appreciation of fine food and drink

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Predestination

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The belief the everything that will happen has been decided by God and cannot be changed

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Guild

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Group or association

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Random

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By chance

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Ensure

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Make sure, guarantee

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Mercenaries

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Soldiers hired to fight in war

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Coup

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Sudden violent overthrow of government

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Bull of excommunication

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Official notice someone is kicked out

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Ingratiating

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Fawning

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Confiscate

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To take away something as a legal penalty

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Antiquity

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Ancient history

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Indignities

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Humiliation

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Prospect

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Possibility

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Ally

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Join to together for a common purpose

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Predecessor

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The previous job holder

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Lector

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One who reads lessons in church

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Lenten

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40 days before Easter

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Tact

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To say things in a way most people find acceptable

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Resolved

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Determined

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Conciliation

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Try and get friendship back

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