Study sets matching "world literature unit 7"
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sentimentality
What Men Live By
Count Leo Tolstoy
Boy at the Window
-is the indulgence in emotion for its own sake without regard…
written by Count Leo Tolstoy
a Russian writer and philosopher was born into an aristocratic…
written by Richard Wilbur
sentimentality
-is the indulgence in emotion for its own sake without regard…
What Men Live By
written by Count Leo Tolstoy
sentimentality
nankeen
kvas
vamps
indulgence in emotion for its own sake without regard for hone…
a durable cloth
a drink made from rye malt and rye flour
upper parts of a boot or shoe
sentimentality
indulgence in emotion for its own sake without regard for hone…
nankeen
a durable cloth
Sentimentality
Leo Tolstoy
shoemaker
Matryóna
the indulgence in emotion for its own sake without regard for…
who wrote "What Men Live By", a Russian writer an philosopher.…
Simon's vocation.
Simon's wife.
Sentimentality
the indulgence in emotion for its own sake without regard for…
Leo Tolstoy
who wrote "What Men Live By", a Russian writer an philosopher.…
Desecrate
Inconsequential
Concoct
Disconcert
To treat (scared place or thing) with direspect ... Violate, deg…
Not important or significant ... Unimportant, irrelevant, noness…
Create or devise... Fabricate, invent, assemble
Disturb the composure of... Unsettle, rattle, perturb
Desecrate
To treat (scared place or thing) with direspect ... Violate, deg…
Inconsequential
Not important or significant ... Unimportant, irrelevant, noness…
abhor
amend
buffet
chaos
to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
to change in a formal way; to change for the better
to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly
great confusion, disorder
abhor
to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
amend
to change in a formal way; to change for the better
Wisdom Literature
Mirrors for Princes
Panegyric
Didacticism
genre intended to teach about divinity and virtue
genre of political writing that directly instructs kings and r…
a formal public speech, or a written verse, delivered in high…
is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative…
Wisdom Literature
genre intended to teach about divinity and virtue
Mirrors for Princes
genre of political writing that directly instructs kings and r…
Abhor
Amend
Buffet
Chaos
to regard with horror loathing; to hate deeply
to change in a formal way; to change for the better
to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force with…
Great confusion, disorder
Abhor
to regard with horror loathing; to hate deeply
Amend
to change in a formal way; to change for the better
Abhor
Amend
Buffet
Chaos
(v.) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
(v.) to change in a formal way; to change for the better
(v.) to slap or cuff; to strike repeatedly; to drive or force…
(n.) great confusion, disorder
Abhor
(v.) to regard with horror or loathing; to hate deeply
Amend
(v.) to change in a formal way; to change for the better
acme
attribute
belittle
convey
(n) the highest point
(n) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated wit…
(v) to make something appear smaller than it is; to refer to i…
(v) to transport; to transmit; to communicate, make known; to…
acme
(n) the highest point
attribute
(n) a quality or characteristic belonging to or associated wit…
authorize
culprit
dawdle
dissect
(v.) to approve or permit; to give power or authority to
(n.) a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some m…
(v.) to waste time; to be idle; to spend more time in doing so…
(v.) to cut apart in preparation for scientific study; to anal…
authorize
(v.) to approve or permit; to give power or authority to
culprit
(n.) a person who has committed a crime or is guilty of some m…
City-State
City
Rural
Urban
A self-governing community that provides a government, militar…
A densely-populated and highly-structured settlement that serv…
Agrarian countryside
Industrialized cities
City-State
A self-governing community that provides a government, militar…
City
A densely-populated and highly-structured settlement that serv…
Renaissance
Secularism
Humanism
Protestant Reformation
Cultural rebirth. Period of transition from medieval to modern…
the belief that religion should not play a role in government,…
An intellectual movement of the Renaissance that focused on th…
A movement in the 1500's that led to the start of many Christi…
Renaissance
Cultural rebirth. Period of transition from medieval to modern…
Secularism
the belief that religion should not play a role in government,…
Enlightenment
Heliocentric Theory
Humanism
Natural Rigths
a philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in…
The idea that the earth and other planets revolve around the s…
Thinkers studied classical texts and focused on human potentia…
Liberties and freedoms inherent to being human... (born with)
Enlightenment
a philosophical movement which dominated the world of ideas in…
Heliocentric Theory
The idea that the earth and other planets revolve around the s…
What events or trends would scientists…
When would literary historians tend to…
Imperialism
What were economist's views of colonial…
May 29, 1919: when photographs of a solar eclipse were taken c…
Last decades of the 19th century ... After great writers like Gu…
The policy of extending the rule, authority, or influence of o…
Colonial expansion by the nations of Europe had been relativel…
What events or trends would scientists…
May 29, 1919: when photographs of a solar eclipse were taken c…
When would literary historians tend to…
Last decades of the 19th century ... After great writers like Gu…
Austere
Beneficent
Cadaverous
Concoct
(Adjective) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or lu…
(Adjective) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring…
(Adjective) pale, gaunt, resembling a corpse (syn- corpselike,…
(Verb) to prepare by combing ingredients, make up (as a dish);…
Austere
(Adjective) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or lu…
Beneficent
(Adjective) performing acts of kindness or charity; conferring…
City-State
City
Rural
Urban
A self-governing community that provides a government, militar…
A densely-populated and highly-structured settlement that serv…
Agrarian countryside
Industrialized cities
City-State
A self-governing community that provides a government, militar…
City
A densely-populated and highly-structured settlement that serv…
City-State
City
Rural
Urban
A self-governing community that provides a government, militar…
A densely-populated and highly-structured settlement that serv…
Agrarian countryside
Industrialized cities
City-State
A self-governing community that provides a government, militar…
City
A densely-populated and highly-structured settlement that serv…
barrier
calculate
compose
considerable
Something that blocks the way; an obstacle... Synonyms: obstruct…
To find out by using mathematics or reasoning; to reckon, esti…
To be or make up the parts of, form; to create or write; to ca…
Fairly large in size or extent; worthy of attention... Synonyms:…
barrier
Something that blocks the way; an obstacle... Synonyms: obstruct…
calculate
To find out by using mathematics or reasoning; to reckon, esti…
carriage
dinosaur
engine
fight
one of the separate parts of a train where the passengers sit
a very large animal that used to live millions of years ago
the part of a train that pulls it along
to push and hit someone.... There is only one car, and the boys a…
carriage
one of the separate parts of a train where the passengers sit
dinosaur
a very large animal that used to live millions of years ago