1.aficionado: enthusiast: somebody who is enthusiastic and knowledgeable about something
2.browbeat: intimidate, typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words
3.commensurate: corresponding in size or degree; in proportion
4.diaphanous: light, delicate, and translucent
5.emolument: a salary, fee, or profit from employment or office
6.foray: a sudden attack or incursion into enemy territory
7.genre: a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form,
style, or subject matter
8.homily: commentary that follows a reading of scripture
9.immure: enclose or confine against their will
10.insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent
11.matrix: an environment or material in which something develops; a surrounding medium or structure
12.obsequies: funeral rites
13. panache: flamboyant manner and reckless courage
14. persona: the image or personality that a person presents
15.philippic: a bitter attack or denunciation
16.prurient: having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters
17.sacrosanct: regarded as too important or valuable to be interfered with
18.systemic: of or relating to a system, esp. as opposed to a particular part
19.tendentious: expressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view
20.vicissitude: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant
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