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