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a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discorse
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Homily (n)
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An enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
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aficionado (n)
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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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Blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
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Insouciant (adj)
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To intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
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browbeat
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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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To enclose or confine within walls; to imprson; to seclude or isolate
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Immure
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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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Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
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diaphanous
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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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Very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
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Sacrosanct
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A change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions
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Vicissitude
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A mold; the surrounding situation or environment
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Matrix
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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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funeral rites or ceremonies
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Obsequies
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intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
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Tendentious
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a character in a novel or ply; the outward character or role that a person assumes
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Persona
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A confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly aborate or colorful display
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Panche
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Having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
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Prurient
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A bitter verbal attack
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Philippic
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