| A | B |
|---|
| 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 |
| diaphanous | (adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent |
| emolument | (n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment |
| foray | (n.) a quick raid, especially for a plunder |
| genre | (n.) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition |
| homily | (n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture |
| immure | (v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison |
| insouciant | (adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned |
| matrix | (n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment |
| obsequies | (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 |
| 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 |
| systemic | (adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system |
| tendentious | (adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause |
| vicissitude | (n.) a change, variation, or alteration |
