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20 Cards in this Set
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aficionado
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an enthusiasts and usually expert follower or fan
devotee or enthusiast |
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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 duration or importance
comparable |
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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 or 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 of endeavor sally or sortie |
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genre
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a type, class, or variety especially in 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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a sermon stressing moral principles, a tedious moral 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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insouciant
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blithely indifferent or unconcerned
carefree happy-go-lucky |
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matrix
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a mold or a 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 stylish 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 that 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
biased or partisan |
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vicissitude
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a change or variation or alteration
successive or changing phases or conditions. |
