List 10
Aficionado- a serious devotee of
some particular genre, thing, person, etc.
Browbeat- to discourage or
frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate
Commensurate- able to be measured
by a common standard
Diaphanous- Of such fine texture
as to be transparent or translucent
Emolument- Payment for an office
or employment
Foray- an initial venture
Genre- a class or category of artistic
endeavor having a particular form, content, technique, or the like: the genre
of epic poetry;
Homily- An inspirational saying
or platitude
Immure- To confine within or as
if within walls; imprison
Insouciant- carefree or
unconcerned; light-hearted
Matrix- a substance, situation,
or environment in which something has its origin, takes
form, or is enclosed
Obsequies- A funeral rite or
ceremony
Panache- a grand or flamboyant
manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
Persona- The role that one
assumes or displays in public or society; one's public image or
Personality, as distinguished
from the inner self
Philippic- a bitter or
impassioned speech of denunciation; invective
Prurient- unusually or morbidly
interested in sexual thoughts or practices
Sacrosanct- Regarded as sacred
and inviolable
Systemic- Of or relating to
systems or a system
Tendentious- having or showing a
definite tendency, bias, or purpose: a
tendentious novel.
Vicissitude- A change or variation
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