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20 Cards in this Set
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aficionado
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an enthusiastic and usually expert FOLLOWER or FAN
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browbeat
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to INTIMIDATE by a stern or overbearing manner, to BULLY
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commensurate
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EQUAL in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate, measurable by the SAME standards
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diaphanous
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very SHEER and LIGHT, almost completely TRANSPARENT
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emolument
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PROFIT derived from an office or position from employment, a FEE or SALARY
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foray
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a quick RAID, especially for PLUNDER, a venture into some field or endeavor to make suhc a raid
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genre
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a TYPE, CLASS, or VARIETY especially a distinctive cateory of literary composition, a style of painting in which every day scenes are realistically depicted
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homily
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a SERMON stressing MORAL PRINCIPLES, a TEDIOUS moralizing LECTURE or discourse
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immure
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to ENCLOSE or CONFINE within walls, to IMPRISON, SECLUDE, and ISOLATE
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insouciant
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blithely indifferent or unconcerned, CAREFREE, HAPPY GO LUCKY
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matrix
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a MOLD, the SURROUNDING SITUATION or ENVIRONMENT
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obsequies
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FUNERAL RITES or CEREMONIES
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panache
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a CONFIDENT and STLYISH manner, dash; a strikingly ELABORATE or colorful display
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persona
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a CHARACTER in a novel or play, the outward character or role a person assumes
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philippic
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a BITTER VERBAL ATTACK
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prurient
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having LUSTFUL desires or interests, tending to AROUSE sexual desires
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sacrosanct
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very SACRED or HOLY, inviolable, set apart or IMMUNE FROM QUESTIONING or attack
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systemic
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of or pertaining to the ENTIRE BODY, relating to a system or systems
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tendentious
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intended to PROMOTE a PARTICULAR POINT OF VIEW, doctrine or cause; BIASED or PARTISAN
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vicissitude
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a CHANGE, VARIATION or ALTERATION; successive or changing phases or conditions
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