Unit 5 Flashcards
aficionado
an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
browbeat
to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
commensurate
equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards
diaphanous
very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
emolument
profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
foray
(n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid
genre
a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted
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 or role that a person assumes
philippic
a bitter verbal attack
