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Persepolis vocab.
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Question | Answer |
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avant-garde | experimental |
celestial | heavenly |
putsch | a plotted revolt |
entourage | escort |
confiscate | take away |
Bolsheviks | Communist party |
frivolities | fun |
cadaver | corpse |
clandestine | secretively |
euphoria | joy |
subversive | troublemaking |
diabolical | evil |
proletariat | working-class |
coup d'etat | sudden, violent and illegal seizure of power from a government |
flatulence | farting |
nuptial | marital |
resignation | standing down |
flagellation | hit yourself |
carnage | massacre |
denounce | criticize |
blunt | unsharpened |
strapped | cloth |
veritable | authentic |
decadence | corruption |
skepticism | doubt |
optimism | hopefulness |
pessimism | negativity |
fatalism | defeatism |
circumspect | careful |