aficionado
(noun): an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
SYN: devotee, enthusiast
browbeat
(verb): to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
SYN: cow, coerce
ANT: cajole, coax, wheedle, sweet-talk
commensurate
(adjective): equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards
SYN: comparable, corresponding, coordinate
diaphanous
(adjective): very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
SYN: translucent, gossamer
ANT: opaque, dense
emolument
(noun): profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
SYN: pay, wages
foray
(noun): a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (verb): to make such a raid
SYN: (n.) sally, sortie
ANT: (n.) retreat
genre
(noun): a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted
SYN: species, sort, school
homily
(noun): a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
immure
(verb): to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate
SYN: mew up
ANT: release, liberate, emancipate
insouciant
(adjective): blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
SYN: blas�, devil-may-care
ANT: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught
matrix
(noun): a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
SYN: pattern, model
obsequies
(noun): funeral rites or ceremonies
SYN: funeral services
panache
(noun): a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
SYN: style, verve, �lan, �clat
persona
(noun): a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that person assumes
SYN: personality, image, role
philippic
(noun): a bitter verbal attack
SYN: harangue, diatribe
ANT: encomium, panegyric
prurient
(adjective): having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
SYN: lascivious, lewd, titillating
ANT: prudish, demure
sacrosanct
(adjective): very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
systemic
(adjective): of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
SYN: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide
ANT: specific, isolated, confined, localized
tendentious
(adjective): intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
SYN: partial
ANT: fair, equitable, disinterested
vicissitude
(noun): a change, variation, or alteration; (plural): successive or changing phases or conditions
SYN: fluctuation, vacillation
ANT: sameness, evenness