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| aficionado | (n) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan. syn: devotee, enthusiast |
| browbeat | (v) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully. syn: cow, coerce ant: coax, cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk |
| commensurate | (adj) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportinate; measurable by the same standards. syn: comparable, orresponding, coordinate |
| diaphanous | (adj) very sheer and light; almost completly transparent. syn: translucent, grossamer. ant: opaque, coarse, dense |
| emolument | (n) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary. syn: pay, wages, compensation |
| foray | (n) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v) to make such a raid. syn:(n) sally, sortie. ant: (n) retreat, strategic, withdrawal |
| genre | (n) a type, class or cariety,expecailly a distinctive category of lieterary compostion; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted. syn: species, sort, school |
| homily | (n) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse |
| immure | (v) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate. syn: incarcerate, mew up. ant: release, liberate, emancipate |
| insouciant | (adj) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree;happy-go-lucky. syn: nonchalant, blase, devil-may-care. ant: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught |
| matrix | (n) a mold; the surronding situation or environment. syn: pattern, model |
| obsequies | (n) funeral rights or ceremonies. syn: last rites, funeral services |
| panache | (n) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display. syn: style, verve, elan, eclat, flamboyance |
| persona | (n) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or roll that a person assumes. syn: personality, image, roll |
| philippic | (n) a bitter verbal attack. syn: harangue, tirade, diatribe. ant: encomium,panegyric, tribute |
| prurient | (adj) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires. syn: lascivious, salacious, lewd, titillationg. ant: prudish, demure, innocent |
| sacrosanct | (adj) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning attack |
| systemic | (adj) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems. syn: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide. ant: localized, specific, isolated, confined |
| tendentious | (adj) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan. syn: partial. ant: fair, impartial, equitable, disinterested |
| vicissitude | (n) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl) successive or changes phases or conditions. syn: fluctuation, vacillation. ant: sameness, evenness |
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