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12th Grade
02/22/2012
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bourgeois
 Definition
member of the middle class
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connoisseur
 Definition
competent judge
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coterie
 Definition
social set
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critique
 Definition
written analysis of a work of art
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debutante
 Definition
young woman making her formal appearance in society
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intrigue
 Definition
plotting, scheming
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liason
 Definition
unofficial linkage
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repertoire
 Definition
works a person or company can perform
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malapropism
 Definition
blunder in choice words
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mentor
 Definition
a wise, trusted advisor
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mercury
 Definition
messenger, carrier of news
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protean
 Definition
highly versatile, readily taking numerous forms
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stentorian
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very loud of powerful
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allegory
 Definition
story in which characters are symbolic
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ballet
 Definition
style of dancing
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curator
 Definition
custodian of a museum or art collection
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denouement
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outcome, solution (story or play)
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symmetry
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balance, correspondence of parts
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virtuoso
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person especially skilled on one of the fine arts
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nemesis
 Definition
agent of retribution
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