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English
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
Definition
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
Definition
outcome, solution (story or play)
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symmetry
Definition
balance, correspondence of parts
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virtuoso
Definition
person especially skilled on one of the fine arts
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nemesis
Definition
agent of retribution
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