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