Vocab 3 Flashcards
An enthusiastic admirer of follower; fan
Aficionado
To overwhelm, or attempt to do so, by haughty or rude address
Browbeat
Corresponding in size or degree; proportionate
Commensurate
Allowing light to pass through; transparent
Diaphanous
Payment for an office or employment; compensation
Emolument
A venture or initial attempt, especially outside one’s usual area - sudden raid or military event
Foray
To make a raid
Foray
A type or class
Genre
A sermon/lecture about a religious/moral topic
Homily
To confine within, or as if within, walls - imprison
Immure
Marked by unconcern - nonchalant
Insouciant
That which contains and gives shape to form anything - mold/cast
Matrix
Funeral rights - involving funerals
Obsequies
Distinctive/stylish elegance
Panache
The role tat one assumes or displays in public or society
Persona
A speech of violent denunciation
Philippic
Inclined to lascivious (perverted) thoughts and desires
Pruriant
Regarded as sacred and inviolable
Sacrosanct
Relating to or affecting the entire body or an entire organism
Systemic
Marked by a strong, unwavering point of view - Partisan
tendentious
A change in condition or fortune (positive or negative)
Vicissitude
