Unit 5 Vocab Flashcards
Aficionado
(n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
Synonyms: devotee, enthusiast
Browbeat
(v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
Synonyms: cow, coerce
Antonyms: coax, cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk
Commensurate
(adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards
Synonyms: comparable, corresponding, coordinate
Diaphanous
(adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
Synonyms: translucent, gossamer
Antonyms: opaque, coarse, dense
Emolument
(n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
Synonyms: pay, wages, compensation
Foray
(n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid
Synonyms: (n.) sally, sortie
Antonyms: (n.) retreat, strategic withdrawal
Genre
(n.) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a style of painting in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted
Synonyms: species, sort, school
Homily
(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse
Immure
(v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate
Synonyms: incarcerate, mew up
Antonyms: release, liberate, emancipate
Insouciant
(adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
Synonyms: nonchalant, blasé, devil-may-care
Antonyms: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught
Matrix
(n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
Synonyms: pattern, model
Obsequies
(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies
Synonyms: last rites, funeral services
Panache
(n.) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
Synonyms: style, verve, élan, éclat, flamboyance
Persona
(n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes
Synonyms: personality, image, role
Philippic
(n.) a bitter verbal attack
Synonyms: harangue, tirade, diatribe
Antonyms: encomium, panegyric, tribute
Prurient
(adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
Synonyms: lascivious, salacious, lewd, titillating
Antonyms: prudish, demure, innocent
Sacrosanct
(adj.) very scared or holy; inviolable; set part of immune from questioning or attack
Systemic
(adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
Synonyms: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide
Antonyms: localized, specific, isolated, confined
Tendentious
(adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
Synonym: partial
Antonyms: fair, impartial, equitable, disinterested
Vicissitude
(n.) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl.) successive or changing phases or conditions
Synonyms: fluctuation, vacillation
Antonyms: sameness, evenness
