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Persepolis vocab.
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |