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Persepolis vocab 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| avant-garde | Of, relating to, or being part of an innovative group, especially one in the arts. |
| celestial | Of or relating to the sky or the heavens. |
| putsch | A sudden attempt by a group to overthrow a government. |
| entourage | A group of attendants or associates; a retinue. |
| confiscate | To seize (private property) for the public treasury. |
| Bolsheviks | A member of the left-wing majority group of the Russian Social Democratic Workers' Party that adopted Lenin's theses on party organization in 1903. |
| frivolities | Unworthy of serious attention; trivial. |
| cadaver | A dead body, especially one intended for dissection. |
| clandestine | Kept or done in secret, often in order to conceal an illicit or improper purpose. |
| euphoria | A feeling of great happiness or well-being. |
| Archetype | a typical, ideal, or classic example of something. |
| Prototype | the original form of something, which has the essential features and is the model for subsequent forms. |