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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) a 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 composition; 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 indiffernt or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky |
| 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; 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 |
| tendentious | (adj) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine or cuase; biased or partisan |
| vicissitude | (n) a change, variation, or alteration (pl) successive or changing phases or conditions |
