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| aficionado | n. an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan |
| browbeat | v. to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully |
| commensurate | adj. equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards |
| diaphanous | adj. very sheer and light; almost completely transparent |
| emolument | n. profit derived from an office or position or from employment a fee or salary |
| foray | n. a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; v. to make such a raid. |
| genre | n. a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary compoistion; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted |
| 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 |
| insouciant | adj. blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky |
| matrix | n. a mold;the surroudning a situation or environment |
| obsquies | n. funeral rites or ceremonies |
| panache | n. a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display |
| persona | n. a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes |
| philippic | n. a bitter verbal attack |
| prurient | adj. having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires |
| sacrosanct | adj. very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack |
| systemic | adj. of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems |
| vicissitude | n. a change, variation, or alteration; pl. successive or changing phases or conditions. |
| tendentious | adj. intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan |
