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10781309964aficionadoan enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan0
10781315216browbeatto intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully1
10781320502commensurateequal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards2
10781329656diaphanousvery sheer and light3
10781334439emolument(n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary4
10781346019foray(n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid5
10781346750Genre(n.) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted6
10781353719homily(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse7
10781364001immure(v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate8
10781367967insouciant(adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky9
10781367968Matrixa mold; the surrounding situation or environment10
10781376384obsequiesfuneral rites or ceremonies11
10781382162panache(n) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display12
10781395729Personaa character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes13
10781400442philippica bitter verbal attack14
10781404340prurient(adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires15
10781408309sacrosanctsacred16
10781415718systemicof or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems17
10781421256tendentiousintended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan18
10781424687vicissitudea change or variation19
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