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aficionado
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an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
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aficionado
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s. devotee
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aficionado
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s. enthusiast
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browbeat
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to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
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browbeat
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s. cow
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browbeat
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s. coerce
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browbeat
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a. coax
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browbeat`
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a. cajole
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browbeat
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a. wheedle
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browbeat
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a. sweet-talk
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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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commensurate
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s. comparable
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commensurate
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s. corresponding
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commensurate
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s. coordinate
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diaphanous
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very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
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diaphanous
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s. translucent
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diaphanous
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s. gossamer
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diaphanous
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a. opaque
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diaphanous
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a. coarse
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diaphanous
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a. dense
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emolument
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profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
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emolument
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s. pay
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emolument
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s. wages
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emolument
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s. compensation
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foray
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a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; to make such a raid
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foray
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s. sally
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foray
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s. sortie
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foray
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a. retreat
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foray
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a. strategic withdrawal
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genre
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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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genre
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s. species
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genre
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s. sort
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genre
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s. school
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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; to seclude or isolate
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immure
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s. incarcerate
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immure
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s. mew up
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immure
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a. release
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immure
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a. liberate
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immure
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a. emancipate
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insouciant
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blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
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insouciant
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s. nonchalant
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insouciant
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s. blase
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insouciant
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s. devil may care
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insouciant
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a. worried
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insouciant
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a. careworn
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insouciant
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a. agitated
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insouciant
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a. distraught
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matrix
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a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
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matrix
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s. pattern
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matrix
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s. model
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obsequies
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funeral rites or ceremonies
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obsequies
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s. last rites
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obsequies
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s. funeral services
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panache
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a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
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panache
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s. style
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panache
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s. verve
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panache
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s. elan
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panache
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s. eclat
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panache
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s. flamboyance
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persona
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a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes
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persona
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s. personality
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persona
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s. image
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persona
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s. role
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philippic
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a bitter verbal attack
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philippic
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s. harangue
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philippic
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s. tirade
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philippic
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s. diatribe
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philippic
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a. encomium
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philippic
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a. panegyric
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philippic
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a. tribute
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prurient
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having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
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prurient
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s. lascivious
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prurient
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s. salacious
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prurient
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s. lewd
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prurient
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s. titillating
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prurient
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a. prudish
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prurient
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a. demure
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prurient
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a. innocent
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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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systemic
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s. extensive
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systemic
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s. comprehensive
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systemic
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s. system-wide
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systemic
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a. localized
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systemic
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a. specific
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systemic
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a. isolated
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systemic
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a. confined
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tendentious
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intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrind, or cause; biased or partisan
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tendentious
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s. partial
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tendentious
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a. fair
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tendentious
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a. impartial
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tendentious
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a. equitable
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tendentious
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a. disinterested
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vicissitude
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a change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions
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vicissitude
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s. fluctuation
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vicissitude
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s. vacillation
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vicissitude
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a. smaeness
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vicissitude
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a. evenness
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