Unit 5 Vocab

Question 1

Aficionado

Answer 1

(n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan

Synonyms: devotee, enthusiast

Question 2

Browbeat

Answer 2

(v.) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully

Synonyms: cow, coerce
Antonyms: coax, cajole, wheedle, sweet-talk

Question 3

Commensurate

Answer 3

(adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards

Synonyms: comparable, corresponding, coordinate

Question 4

Diaphanous

Answer 4

(adj.) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent

Synonyms: translucent, gossamer
Antonyms: opaque, coarse, dense

Question 5

Emolument

Answer 5

(n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary

Synonyms: pay, wages, compensation

Question 6

Foray

Answer 6

(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

Question 7

Genre

Answer 7

(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

Question 8

Homily

Answer 8

(n.) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse

Question 9

Immure

Answer 9

(v.) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate

Synonyms: incarcerate, mew up
Antonyms: release, liberate, emancipate

Question 10

Insouciant

Answer 10

(adj.) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky

Synonyms: nonchalant, blasé, devil-may-care
Antonyms: worried, careworn, agitated, distraught

Question 11

Matrix

Answer 11

(n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment

Synonyms: pattern, model

Question 12

Obsequies

Answer 12

(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies

Synonyms: last rites, funeral services

Question 13

Panache

Answer 13

(n.) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display

Synonyms: style, verve, élan, éclat, flamboyance

Question 14

Persona

Answer 14

(n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes

Synonyms: personality, image, role

Question 15

Philippic

Answer 15

(n.) a bitter verbal attack

Synonyms: harangue, tirade, diatribe
Antonyms: encomium, panegyric, tribute

Question 16

Prurient

Answer 16

(adj.) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires

Synonyms: lascivious, salacious, lewd, titillating
Antonyms: prudish, demure, innocent

Question 17

Sacrosanct

Answer 17

(adj.) very scared or holy; inviolable; set part of immune from questioning or attack

Question 18

Systemic

Answer 18

(adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems

Synonyms: extensive, comprehensive, system-wide
Antonyms: localized, specific, isolated, confined

Question 19

Tendentious

Answer 19

(adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan

Synonym: partial
Antonyms: fair, impartial, equitable, disinterested

Question 20

Vicissitude

Answer 20

(n.) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl.) successive or changing phases or conditions

Synonyms: fluctuation, vacillation
Antonyms: sameness, evenness