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20 Cards in this Set
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Aficionado
(e fish ye na' do) |
(Noun) An enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
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Browbeat
(brau' bet) |
(Verb) To intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
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Commensurate
(ke men' se rit) |
(Adjective) Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards
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Diaphanous
(di af' e nes) |
(Adjective) Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
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Emolument
(i mol' ye ment) |
(Noun) Profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
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Foray
(for' a) |
(Noun) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (Verb) to make such a raid
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Genre
(zhan' re) |
(Noun) 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
(hom' e le) |
(noun) A sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
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Immure
(i myur' |
(Verb) To enclose or confine within walls; to imprison to seclude or isolate
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Insouciant
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(Adjective) Blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
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Matrix
(ma' triks) |
(Noun) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
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Obsequies
(ob' se kwez) |
(Noun) funeral rites or ceremonies
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Panache
(pe nash') |
(noun) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
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Persona
(per so' ne) |
(Noun) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes
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Philippic
(fi llip' ik) |
(noun) a bitter verbal attack
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Prurient
(prur' e ent) |
(adjective) having lustful desires or interests; to arouse sexual desires
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Sacrosanct
(sak' ro sankt) |
(adjective) Very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
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Systemic
(sis tem' ik) |
(adjective) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
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Tendentious
(ten den' shes) |
(adjective) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
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Vicissitude
(vi sis' e tud) |
(Noun) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl) successive or changing phases or conditions
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