Vocab H5

Question 1

aficionado

Answer 1

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

Question 2

browbeat

Answer 2

(v. ) to intimidate by a stern or overbearing manner; to bully
syn: coerce
ant: cajole

Question 3

commensurate

Answer 3

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

Question 4

diaphanous

Answer 4

(adj. ) very sheer and light; almost completely transparent
syn: gossamer
ant: opaque

Question 5

emolument

Answer 5

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

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

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

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

Question 10

insouciant

Answer 10

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

Question 11

matrix

Answer 11

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

Question 12

obsequies

Answer 12

(n.) funeral rites or ceremonies

Question 13

panache

Answer 13

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

Question 14

persona

Answer 14

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

Question 15

philippic

Answer 15

(n. ) a bitter verbal attack
syn: harangue, tirade, diatribe
ant: encomium, panegyric

Question 16

prurient

Answer 16

(adj. ) having lustful desires or interests; tending to arouse sexual desires
syn: lascivious, salacious, lewd

Question 17

sacrosanct

Answer 17

(adj. ) very sacred or holy; inviolable; set apart or immune from questioning or attack
syn: inviolable

Question 18

systemic

Answer 18

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

Question 19

tendentious

Answer 19

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

Question 20

vicissitude

Answer 20

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