| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Aficionado | an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan (devotee, enthusiast) |
| Browbeat | to intimidate by stern or overbearing manner; to bully (cow, coerce) {coax, cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk} |
| Commensurate | equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards (comparable, corresponding, coordinate) |
| Diaphanous | very sheer and light; almost completely transparent (translucent, gossamer) {opaque, coarse, dense} |
| Emolument | profit derived from an office or position or from employment a fee or salary {pay, wages. compensation) |
| Foray | a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; to make such a raid (sally, sortie) {retreat, strategic, withdrawal} |
| Genre | a type, class, or variety, especially, a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted (species, sort, school) |
| Homily | a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse |
| Insouciant | blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky (nonchalant, blase, devil-may-care) [worried, careworm, agitated, distraught] |
| Immure | to enclose or confine or within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate (incarcerate, mew up) [release, liberate, emancipate] |
| Matrix | a mold; the surrounding situation or environment (pattern, model) |
| obsequies | funeral rites or ceremonies (last rites, funeral services) |
| panache | a confident and stylish mannner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display (style, verve, elan, flamboyance) |
| persona | a character in a novel or play; the outward character or or that a person assumes |
| philippic | a bitter verbal attack (harangue, tirade, diatribe) [encomium, panegyric, tribute] |
| prulent | having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires (lascivious, salacious, lewd, titilating) [prudish, demure, innocent] |
| Sacrosanct | very sacred or holy, inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack |
| systemic | of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems (extensive, comprehensive, system-wide) [localized, specific, isolated, confined] |
| tendentious | intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine or cause; biased or partisan (partial) [fiar, impartial, equitable, disinterested] |
| vicissitude | a change, variation, or alteration; successive or chaning phases or conditions (fluctuation, vaciliation) [sameness, eveness] |
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