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Vocab 5 Flashcards

(18 cards)

1
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aficionado

A

And enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

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2
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Browbeat

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To intimidate by stern or over bearing manner; to bully

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3
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Commensurate

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Equal in size, extent, duration, or importance

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4
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Diaphanous

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Very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

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5
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Emolument

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Profit derived from an office or position, or from employment, a fee or salary

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6
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Foray

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A quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some fields of endeavor; to make a raid

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7
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Homily

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A short lecture on religion

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8
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Immure

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To enclose or confine within walls; to in prison to secluded or isolate

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9
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Insouciant

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Blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy go lucky

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10
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Matrix

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A mold; the surrounding situation or environment

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11
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Obsequious

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Funeral, rites or ceremonies (funeral services)

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12
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Panache

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A confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly, elaborate, or colorful display

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13
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Philippic

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A better verbal attack

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14
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Pruient

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Having lustful desires, or interest

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15
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Sacrosanct

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Fairy secret, or holy; in available, set apart, or immune from questioning or attack

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16
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Systemic

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Of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system for systems

17
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tendentious

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Intendant to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased

18
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Vicissitudes

A

A change, variation, or alteration