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14925375095aficionadoan enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan0
14925375096browbeatto intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully1
14925375097commensurateequal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards2
14925375098diaphanousvery sheer and light; almost completely transparent3
14925375099emolumentprofit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary4
14925375100foraya quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; to make such a raid5
14925375101genrea type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted6
14925375102homilya sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse7
14925375103immureto enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate8
14925375104insouciantblithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky9
14925375105matrixa mold; the surrounding situation or environment10
14925375106obsequiesfuneral rites or cermonies11
14925375107panachea confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display12
14925375108personaa character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes13
14925375109philippica bitter verbal attack14
14925375110prurienthaving lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires15
14925375111sacrosanctvery sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack16
14925375112systemicof or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems17
14925375113tendentiousintended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan18
14925375114vicissitudea change, variation, alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions19

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