| A | B |
|---|
| afficionado | an enthusiastic follower or fan |
| browbeat | to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner |
| commensurate | equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; measurable by the same standards |
| diaphonous | very sheer and light |
| emolument | profit derived from an office or position or from employment |
| foray | a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor |
| genre | a style or painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted |
| homily | a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse |
| immure | to imprison |
| insouciant | carefree |
| matrix | a mold |
| obsequies | funeral rites or ceremonies |
| panache | a confident and stylish manner |
| persona | the outward character or role that a person assumes |
| philippic | a bitter verbal attack |
| prurient | tending to arouse sexual desires |
| sacrosanct | inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack |
| systemic | of or pertaining to the entire body |
| tendentious | biased or partisan |
| vicissitude | a change, variation, or alteration |
