unit 5 Flashcards
aficionado
enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
browbeat
intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
commensurate
equal in size, extent, duration, or importance
diaphanous
very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
emolument
profit derived from an office or position or from employment
foray
a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field or endeavor
genre
a type, class, or variety
homily
a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
immure
to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate
insouciant
blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
matrix
a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
obsequies
funeral rites or ceremonies
panache
a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
persona
a character in a novel or play; the outward character
philippic
a bitter verbal attack
prurient
having lustful desires or interests
socrosanct
very sacred or holy; inviolable, set apart or immune from questioning or attack
systemic
of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system
tendentious
intended to promote a particular point of view , doctrine, or cause
vicissitude
a change, variation, or alteration
