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