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Aficionado
Noun
An enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
Browbeat
Verb
To intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner
To bully
Commensurate
Adjective
Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance
Proportionate
Measurable by the same standards
Diaphanous
Adjective
Very sheer and light
Almost completely transparent
Emolument
Noun
Profit derived from an office or position or from employment
A fee or salary
Foray
Noun
A quick raid, especially for plunder
A venture into some field of endeavor
Verb
To make such a raid
Genre
Noun
A type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition
A style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted
Homily
Noun
A sermon stressing moral principles
A tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
Immure
Verb
To enclose or confine within walls
To imprison
To seclude or isolate
Insouciant
Adjective
Blithely indifferent or unconcerned
Carefree
Happy-go-lucky
Matrix
Noun
A mold
Surrounding situation or environment
Obsequies
Noun
Funeral rites or ceremonies
Panache
Noun
A confident and stulish manner dash
A strikingly elaborate or colorful display
Persona
Noun
A character in a novel or play
The outward character or role that a person assumes
Philippic
Noun
A bitter verbal attack
Prurient
Adjective
Having lustful desires or interests
Tending to arouse sexual desires
Sacrosanct
Adjective
Very sacred or holy
Inviolable
Set apart or immune from questioning or attack
Systemic
Adjective
Of or pertaining to the entire body
Relating to a system/systems
Tendentious
Adjective
Intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine or cause
Biased or partisan
Vicissitude
Noun
A change, variation, or alteration
Plural
Successive or changing phases or conditions
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