Vocab H5 Flashcards
aficionado
(n.) an enthusiastic and usually expert follower or fan
browbeat
(v. ) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
syn: coerce
ant: cajole
commensurate
(adj.) equal in size, extent, duration, or importance; proportionate; measurable by the same standards
diaphanous
(adj. ) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
syn: gossamer
ant: opaque
emolument
(n.) profit derived from an office or position or from employment; a fee or salary
foray
(n.) a quick raid, especially for plunder; a venture into some field of endeavor; (v.) to make such a raid
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
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
insouciant
(adj. ) blithely indifferent or unconcerned; carefree; happy-go-lucky
ant: distraught
matrix
(n.) a mold; the surrounding situation or environment
obsequies
(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies
panache
(n. ) a confident and stylish manner, dash; a strikingly elaborate or colorful display
syn: éclat
persona
(n.) a character in a novel or play; the outward character or role that a person assumes
philippic
(n. ) a bitter verbal attack
syn: harangue, tirade, diatribe
ant: encomium, panegyric
prurient
(adj. ) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
syn: lascivious, salacious, lewd
sacrosanct
(adj. ) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
syn: inviolable
systemic
(adj.) of or pertaining to the entire body; relating to a system or systems
tendentious
(adj.) intended to promote a particular point of view, doctrine, or cause; biased or partisan
vicissitude
(n. ) a change, variation, or alteration; (pl.) successive or changing phases or conditions
syn: vacillation
