Vocab 5 Flashcards
Aficionado(e fish ye na’ do)
(n) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan. enthusiast, fanatic.
Browbeat(brau’ bet)
(v) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully.
Threaten, cow, bully, harass.
Commensurate(ke men’ se rit)
(adj) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards.
Comparable, corresponding, coordinate.
Diaphanous(di af’ e nes)
(adj) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent.
Translucent, transparent.
emolument(i mol’ ye ment)
(n) the profit derived from an office, position, or employment, a fee or salary.
Pay, wage, compensation.
foray(for’ a)
(n) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; to make such a raid.
invasion, raid.
genre(zhan’ re)
(n) a type, class, or variety, especially a distinctive category of literary composition; a painting style in which everyday scenes are realistically depicted.
species, sort, school.
homily(hom’ e le)
(n) a sermon stressing moral principles; a tedious moralizing lecture or discourse.
lecture, lesson, address.
immure(i myur’)
(v) to enclose or confine within walls; to imprison; to seclude or isolate,
Incarcerate confine, lock up.
insouciant(in su’ se ent)
(adj) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky.
nonchalant, unworried, untroubled.
matrix( ma’ triks)
(n) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment.
Pattern, model.
obsequies(ob’ se kwez)
(n) funeral rites or ceremonies
last rites, funeral services, funeral.
panache(pe nash’)
(n) a confident, stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display.
Style, confidence, flair.
persona(per so’ na)
(n) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes.
Personality, image, role.
philippic(fi lip’ ik)
(n) a bitter verbal attack
rant, tirade, attack.
prurient(prur’ e ent)
(adj) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires.
lustful, lewd, salacious.
sacrosanct(sak’ ro sankt)
(adj) very sacred or holy; set apart or immune from attack
sacred, respected.
systemic( sis tem’ ik)
( adj) of or pertaining to the entire body: relating to a system or systems.
extensive, system-wide
tendentious(ten den’ shes)
(adj) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause’ biased or partisan.
partial, bias, tendency.
vicissitude( vi sis’ e tud)
(n) a change, variation, or alteration; changing phases or conditions.
fluctuation, change, transformation.
