Shostak level H, unit 5

Willard (United States of America)
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  1. aficionado
    a serious devotee of some activity, genre, or performer
  2. browbeat
    discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner
  3. commensurate
    corresponding in size or degree or extent
  4. diaphanous
    so thin as to transmit light
  5. emolument
    compensation received by virtue of holding an office
  6. foray
    a sudden short attack
  7. genre
    a kind of literary or artistic work
  8. homily
    a sermon on a moral or religious topic
  9. immure
    lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
  10. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  11. matrix
    an enclosure within which something originates or develops
  12. panache
    distinctive and stylish elegance
  13. persona
    an image of oneself that one presents to the world
  14. philippic
    a speech of violent denunciation
  15. prurient
    characterized by lust
  16. sacrosanct
    treated as if holy and kept free from violation or criticism
  17. systemic
    affecting an entire structure, network, or complex of parts
  18. tendentious
    having a strong bias, especially a controversial one
  19. vicissitude
    a variation in circumstances or fortune
Created on Fri Aug 16 19:35:02 EDT 2013

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