Vocabulary College Bound Student (Credit 7) – Flashcards
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Entrepreneur
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a person who organizes and manages any enterprise, especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk.
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Concierge
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a person who has charge of the entrance of a building and is often the owner's representative; doorkeeper.
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Musicale
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a music program forming the main part of a social occasion.
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Confrere
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a fellow member of a fraternity; profession.
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Debonair
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courteous, gracious, and having a sophisticated charm.
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Debutante
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a young woman making a debut into society.
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Denouement
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the final resolution of the intricacies of a plot, as of a drama or novel.
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Coterie
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a group of people who associate closely.
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Connoisseur
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a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgements in an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste.
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Chic
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attractive and fashionable; stylish.
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Envoy
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a diplomatic agent.
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Gourmet
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of or characteristic of a gourmet, especially in involving or purporting to involve high-quality or exotic ingredients and skilled preparation.
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Bas-Relief
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relief sculpture in which the figures project slightly from the background.
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Chef d'oeuvre
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a masterpiece especially in art or literature.
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Encore
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again; once more (used by an audience in calling for an additional number or piece. )
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Baton
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a wand used by a conductor.
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Complaisant
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inclined or disposed to please; obliging agreeable or gracious.
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Genre
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a class or category of artistic endeavor having a particular form content, technique, or the like.
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Palette
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a thin and usually oval or oblong board or tablet with a thumb hole at one end, used by painters for holding and mixing colors.
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Clairvoyante
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a person who claims to have a supernatural ability to perceive events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.
