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| 95522144 | Aficionado | (n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan SYN: devotee, enthusiast | |
| 95522145 | Browbeat | (v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully SYN: cow, coerce ANT: coax, cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk | |
| 95522146 | Commensurate | (adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards SYN: comparable, corresponding, coordinate | |
| 95522147 | Diaphanous | (adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent SYN: translucent, gossamer ANT: opaque, coarse, dense | |
| 95522148 | Emolument | (n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary SYN: pay, wages, compensation | |
| 95522149 | Foray | (n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid SYN: (n.) sally, sortie ANY: (n.) retreat, strategic withdrawal | |
| 95522150 | Genre | (n.) a type, class, or variety, especially a disctinctive category of literary composition SYN: species, sort, school | |
| 95522151 | Homily | (n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse | |
| 95522152 | Immure | (v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate SYN: incarcerate, mew up ANT: release, liberate, emancipate | |
| 95522153 | Insouciant | (adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky SYN: nonchalant, blasé, devil-may-care ANT: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught | |
| 95522154 | Matrix | (n.)a mold; the surrounding situation or environment SYN: pattern, model | |
| 95522155 | Obsequies | (n.) funeral rites or ceremonies SYN: last rites, funeral services | |
| 95522156 | Panache | (n.) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display SYN: style, verve, élan, éclat, flamboyance | |
| 95522157 | Persona | (n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes SYN: personality, image, role | |
| 95522158 | Philippic | (n.) a bitter verbal attack SYN: harangue, tirade, diatribe ANT: encomium, panegyric, tribute | |
| 95522159 | Prurient | (adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires SYN: lascivious, salacious, lewd, titillating ANT: prudish, demure, innocent | |
| 95522160 | Sacrosanct | (adj.) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack | |
| 95522161 | Systemic | (adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems SYN: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide ANT: localized, specific, isolated, confined | |
| 95522162 | Tendentious | (adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan SYN: partial ANT: fair, impartial, equitable, disinterested | |
| 95522163 | Vicissitude | (n.) a change, variation, or alteration; successive or changing phases or conditions SYN: fluctuation, vacillation ANT: sameness, evenness |
