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Unit 5
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20
English
12th Grade
01/15/2012

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Aficionado
Definition
N: an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
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Browbeat
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V: to bully
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Commensurate
Definition
ADJ: equal in size; masureable by the same standards
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Diaphanous
Definition
ADJ: almost completely transparent; sheer; light
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Emolument
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N: a fee or salary
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Foray
Definition
N: a quick raid
V: to make such a raid
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Genre
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N: a type, class, or variety
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Homily
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N: a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious lecture
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Immure
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V: to enclose or confine within walls
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Insouciant
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ADJ: carefree
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Matrix
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N: a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
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Obsequies
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N: funeral rites or ceremonies
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Panache
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N: a confident and stylish manner
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Persona
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N: a character in a novel or play
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Philippic
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N: a bitter verbal attack
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Prurient
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ADJ: having lustful desires or interests
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Sacrosanct
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ADJ: very sacred or holy
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Systemic
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ADJ: of or portaining to the whole body
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Tendentious
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ADJ: intended to promote a particular point of view
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Vicissitude
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N: a change, variation, or alteration
Plural: successive or changing phases or conditions
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