Week Sixteen Vocab Flashcards

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persona

(noun) - a character in a novel or play; the outward character role that a person assumes

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Synonyms: image, role

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panache

(noun) - a confident or stylish manner; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display

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Synonyms: charisma, swagger, style

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philippic

(noun) - a bitter verbal attack

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Synonyms: tirade, diatribe

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prurient

(noun) - having lustful desires or interests

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Synonyms: lascivious, salacious, titillating

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sacrosanct

(adj) - very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack

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Synonyms: revered, untouchable

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